A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

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

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.