Kingly French toast comes soaked in milk or red wine, then drizzled in a citrus-perfumed syrup.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This historic line is a remnant of an ambitious and unconventional project that today provides panoramic views of the Ligurian mountains.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

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

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

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.