The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."