A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

The middle finger of modernity.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.