This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.

Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

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

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

The place where World War I began.