All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince."

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

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.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.