A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.