Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

This stone commemorates the island's launch into international aviation.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

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

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

A Soviet-style monument, built after transferring the remains of heroes from their graves.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.