Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

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

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

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

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

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.