Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

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

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

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

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.