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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

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

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

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

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

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.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

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

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.