Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

A World War II-era sign in Valletta is a reminder of when Malta was besieged so severely that food needed to be rationed.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

Malta’s largest cemetery is a Victorian-era architectural masterpiece.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

Two members of the Rolling Stones frozen forever in bronze.

In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.

This seven-sided Romanesque chapel is regarded as the oldest building in Rovinj.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.