This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.