A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.