This strange mural located in the Ueno station is filled with traditional Japanese symbolism.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Kawaii meets poisonous at this unique art gallery.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

Oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.