The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

The rock carving that became an internet meme.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

This Theravada Buddhist temple is a peaceful oasis steeped in history.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

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

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.