Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

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

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.