An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

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

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

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

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.

The memorial stands at the intersection of the rivers Morava and Danube.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

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

An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.

A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.

Visit the last surviving outlet of a once popular chain of coffeeshops.

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

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