After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

Lebanese castle built by one man, over a lifetime.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

A bronze sculpture on a bridge, of the shoes of 29 famous Malmöites.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.