This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.