This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.

Outside of where Tsukiji Market once stood, these memorials honor the spirits of the fallen fish, shrimp, and eggs used for nigiri.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

The predecessor to this bridge was depicted in a famous Japanese woodcut print that influenced Van Gogh.

This Swedish village shows off its most well-known products in a big way.

Over 80 years old, this hand-dug tunnel is a Chinese-style portal to another world.

These post boxes from a bygone era have been the source of controversy and debate.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.

The former site of the U.S. military base redeveloped as an art district, boasting a collection of 109 public artworks from 36 countries.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.