One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

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

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The magic's in the hole!

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.