A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.