A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

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

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

Art and a pun, all in one.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.