Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

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.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.