This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

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.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.