Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Set amid the remains of a secret WWII airfield, this barn was preserved as a memorial to Allied agents who parachuted into Europe.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.

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

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

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

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

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

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.

This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

Both the World War II Allied Forces and NATO have used this modern bunker underneath Malta’s capital.

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.