Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

A monument to the civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation forces of World War II.

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.

Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.

A relic from ancient Egypt that is purported to have a curse associated with it

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

Botero's plump bronze horse presiding over Barcelona's airport terminal

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.