A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."