This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.