Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

This pair of statues commemorates a once-widespread carnival tradition of blowing on each other’s butts with bellows.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A well-traveled statuette of a much-beloved village icon.

A stone memorial marking the location where Scotland's first aeronautical flight landed.

The burial site of a murdered bishop and his alleged killers.