The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Berlin's old airport.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

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

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

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

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

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.