A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

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

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.