A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

A public statue crafted by Singapore's pioneering sculptor, Ng Eng Teng.

This tranquil park with a spiral viewing tower is an off-the-beaten-path area where renowned people have planted a small grove of trees.

An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

The history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

According to fictional Kcymaerxthaereal history, a powerful woman with a voice whose beauty could not be concealed found solace at this site at the Majestic Hotel in Singapore.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

The confluence of modernist and traditional architecture in this religious complex reflects the history of both the living and the dead being uprooted, displaced, and rehoused.

This fountain was once heralded as the largest in the world.

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Singapore's last surviving traditional village is hidden among giant skyscrapers and modern infrastructure.