Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

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.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

This historic system is the zero level benchmark for measuring the depths and altitudes of the Baltic.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.