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This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The site where two doves fell in love.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.