Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

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

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

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

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.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.