This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.