A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A lovely biographical museum in the artist's home of 24 years.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

One of the largest, grandest imperial mausoleums was built as the founder of the Ming Dynasty's final resting place.

Once an imperial lake garden, anyone can now visit this city park.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

After being bombed and largely abandoned, this former railway workshop has been transformed into a lively market space.