The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

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

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

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

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

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

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

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.