Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

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

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.