Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

An unpaid bill, a stolen stone, and a famous fashion designer rest peacefully alongside a heroine of Highlands history.

Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.

A Cold War watchtower atop a WWII-era bunker on a historic Dutch dike.

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

The oldest skyscraper of Europe now stands dwarfed by the surrounding structures.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

A relic of Poland's shipbuilding past, reborn as a sky-high lookout.

During the renovation of this bas-relief, the constructors added one unusual element.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.