This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

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.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.