This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

These boots are made for selfies.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

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.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.