A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Catch raucous live performances of traditional tunes at this old-school taverna.