This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.