The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

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

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

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

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

An early 19th-century English style garden hidden in the Rotterdam cityscape.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.