The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

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

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.