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

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.