One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.