A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.

A public display of random paleontology.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

A neighborhood of houses made of poured cement through a process invented by Thomas Edison.

This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

The home and studio of one of the most celebrated female artists of the 19th century.

A dad joke was inevitable when a member of this 19th-century chocolatier family married the president of France.

This tiny triangular cottage is one of a kind in England, and has housed everything from a watchmaker's studio to coffin storage.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.