A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

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

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Tiny silver and copper fish set inside blue-green lights are like windows to the underwater world.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

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.