The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

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

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.