Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

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

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.