For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

The hilltop ruins of a border fortification in the Italian Alps that was much fought over.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.