Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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 legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

The roof of one of the world’s largest spice markets provides a grand view over the neighborhood's glorious bustle.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.