Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

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

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The most confusing clock in New York.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.