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

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.