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

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

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

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.