The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

A daily pyrotechnic celebration marks a beloved tradition during Valencia's festival season.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

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

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

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