A statue that would be at home in Rome can instead be found in the heart of Norway's oldest city.

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Venice's island of the dead.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.