The carved medieval stones stand near the ruined abbey's parking lot.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

A painted tribute to an ancient Egyptian king lurks along a stretch of Scottish shore.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.