Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.

One of the top 100 sights of feudal Tokyo continues to impress those who visit the lesser temples of Ueno.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Rumored to be a giant robot in disguise, this colossal chef has been the beloved symbol of Tokyo’s kitchenware district for decades.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

The world's longest tunnel with an undersea section.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.