Located within military grounds, this one-legged bronze soldier poignantly showcases the human cost of war.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

A pair of giant stone heads represent the ancient Roman saints beheaded here.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

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

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

An excavation site that signified Hercules in Pula, and a glimpse into the city's Roman history.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.