A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

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

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

A superb spot to appreciate the traditional boats of the Indian Ocean.

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.