A sculpture of a courtesan towers above Lake Constance, recalling a church scandal.

A thin golden line commemorates the deadliest terrorist attack in recent German history.

This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.

Oldest World War 2-themed museum in Western Europe.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

An intersection between architecture, industrial construction, machine, and scientific instrument.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

A statue of Charlemagne, created in the 1400s, once overlooked the city, and is now located in a crypt.

A dazzling work by a Pop art legend hangs in one of the world’s busiest subway stations.

One of the four clock faces on this church is mismatched, in a nod to a historic slight.

A museum tracing the origins & modern day uses of the classic Scottish tartan, particularly the kilt.

A series of sculptures, “sitting” directly on top of Berlin's existing street lamps, addressing the overlooked topic of urban light pollution.

The ruins of a medieval bridge are visible inside a Prague Metro station.

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

A 16th-century fortress that was a Nazi-era prison and execution site, now a silent memorial.

Where a cross marks the spot King Albert I’s body was found on 17 February 1934.

A pre-war mansion that survived the modernization of Athens.

The site where the summer solstice helped ancient Greeks sync the lunar and solar calendars.

The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.