Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

One of the largest legal spray spots in Hamburg.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.