Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Colorful power station with a chimney equipped with a gallery for exhaust monitoring equipment.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.