The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

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

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

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

The history and future of cannabis.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.