A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

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

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Yo, Adrian!

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.