A pair of iconic characters from the local newspaper argue over pet snails.

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

This site used to mark the heart of the EU—now it's crowned with a striking glass sculpture and a buried secret underneath.

The 6th-century saint is often invoked for tooth pain and young children who experience problems walking.

In the middle of a Brussels roundabout, a cargo container balancing on its edge.

Known as "The Spewer," this bizarre fountain has an even stranger urban legend behind it.

A tilted water tank turned tourist attraction.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

After a long legal battle, the heart of the famous composer is finally enthroned in the city of his birth.

This human-shaped statue is actually a geodesic station.

A German shoemaker-turned-folk-hero whose impersonation of a Prussian military officer earned international notoriety.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.