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

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

This enigmatic Iberian sculpture of uncertain origin may have once guarded a burial site.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

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

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.