Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

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

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.