On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

This plaque marks the former home of one of the first women physicians in the Netherlands.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.