Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Oldest building in California still in use.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

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