Right angles in the forests of Panama.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

The remains of a historic football stadium that once hosted 50,000 spectators.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

This church was transported brick by brick from the ruins of a 16th-century city into Panama City's current historic district.

The Afro-Caribbean workers who constructed the Panama Canal built this church-turned-museum in their spare time.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

Every year, a sparkling cave is sculpted in the icy heart of a glacier.

This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."