A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

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

This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

A tiny art gallery where artists can donate their work for the public to take and enjoy.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

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

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

The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.