A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

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

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

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

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

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

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.