Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.