A door-hating guardian spirit presides over this mountain where one of the largest religious festivals in Georgia takes place.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

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

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

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

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This ancient Roman town was revered for the healing waters of its sacred spring.

A literary park dedicated to the memory of a filmmaker, writer, and intellectual who was killed in 1975.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.