The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

A beloved street vendor is memorialized outside a German train station.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

A monumental toilet that is also host to rare plants.

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.

An installation that makes understanding the size of the universe a walk in the park.

A replica of a 17th-century map of the stars stands in the courtyard of a Belgian university.

Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

This statue of a studious young woman stands at the site of Leuven's first college to accept female students.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

How one woman gave orphaned sculptures a new home in the city of Utrecht.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.