A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Bunski Kanal is a hidden natural wonder where the emerald Buna River dramatically merges with the mighty Neretva through a narrow limestone channel.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.