This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A French museum of wrought iron.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The European equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is slowly spreading over the entire city.

The oldest skyscraper of Europe now stands dwarfed by the surrounding structures.

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

Portraits of musicians line Oude Binnenweg, the jazziest street in the city.

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

A nearly 25-foot concrete sculpture of Sylvette, Picasso's muse.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

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

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