Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.