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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.