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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.