This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.