Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.