Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.