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Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

The largest mosque in Germany.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

A series of waterfalls create the illusion of perpetual rainfall in this hidden gorge.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.