Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

The facade of this bank has changed little over the centuries, including its unique welcome sign.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Carthusian monks once operated this 18th-century pharmacy, preparing herbal remedies from plants originating in the surrounding mountains

A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.

A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.