This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

A unique collection of five Roman burial grounds right next to the road.

Though Guinness took away its record, Romedenne’s 1998 wheelbarrow remains the biggest of them all.

The home of two of Scotland's most important artists has been reassembled in the Hunterian Art Gallery.

One of Hollywood's most iconic actresses was born in an upscale Brussels neighborhood in 1929.

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.

Tiny sculptures hidden in plain sight miniatures in Namur.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This metal monument marking the middle of Belgium represents three regions coming together to form one country.

A jazz band formed by African water animals in the heart of Flemish Brabant.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.