Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

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

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.