This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.

The widest natural waterfall in Estonia is a sight to see in all seasons.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.