A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

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

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.