This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

Statues of a fire-breather, a clown, and a whole performing troupe celebrate Luxembourg's creative side.

This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.

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

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

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.