This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

A cemetery in the Netherlands honors Soviet soldiers from World War II.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

A hike outside of the town of Zuun Mod will take visitors to a monastery complex steeped in Mongolian history.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.