These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

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

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.

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

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.