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A Provincetown shop that sells exactly one thing — a pink cupcake — and whose owner fought the town for the right to keep selling it.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.