There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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.

The last surviving submarine from a strange chapter of Finnish history.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.