Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.