From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.

After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

The world's oldest model village.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

A medieval emblem located in the middle of a racetrack.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

Known as "The Spewer," this bizarre fountain has an even stranger urban legend behind it.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

This huge limestone slab is considered the largest paving stone in Belgium and a relic of the earliest modern paving in Brussels.

A largely overlooked statue that may commemorate the first publication of 'Don Quixote' outside of Spain.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.