Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

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

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

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

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.