Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.

The meaning behind this triumphal Roman arch was a mystery until the early 20th century.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

Atop this arch, during the 16th-century, a sermon was given to those suffering from plague.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

This massive, 30-foot-tall statue of the famed Scottish knight overlooks a grassy knoll.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.