Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The place where World War I began.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.