The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

A memorial to honor those who were killed in a Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

This most unusual dragon is made of recycled Chinese cutlery.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

A unique, time-transcending work of art depicting the progress of trade in Singapore.

These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.

Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.