Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.