The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

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.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

Nicknamed “The Mushroom,” this unique water tower has been featured in several iconic movie scenes.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.