A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Berlin's old airport.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.