An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

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

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.