The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

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

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.