Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

An exhibit dedicated to a Lithuanian partisan.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

Fantastic lake on the heart of a fault line.

This museum is a portal to 20th-century Denmark.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

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