If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

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

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

Commemorating the 19th-century labor movement in Australia.

This modern pedestrian bridge on the Yarra River was modeled after an Aboriginal fish trap.

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

A unique underground car park that has become a popular filming location.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.