This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

This replica of a historic fishing shack long dubbed the most painted building in America.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

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

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

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

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

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

The world’s oldest military museum has remained largely unchanged since the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.