One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.