An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.