St. Peter’s, in Western Germany, has stood as a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture since 1181.

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

Hilltop monument to the victory of a new nation in the Franco-Prussian War.

An ancient Roman temple hidden in the basement of Römerpassage, a modern shopping mall.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A witty art installation in an abandoned gas station that became obsolete due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

How a friendly mining-school rivalry, two adventurous students, and 400 tons of limestone created a Platteville landmark.

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

Not your average Bosnian cafe — this locale is dedicated to the former Yugoslav dictator Tito.

A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.