If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

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

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The hairpin turns in this mountain road take the shape of a letter—is it a coincidence or a symbol of love?

A scattered cemetery of medieval tombstones, each carved with indivdual patterns and scenes, overlooking a bright blue lake.

Picturesque basketball courts sheltered by historical defensive walls and with an enviable sea view.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This huge limestone slab is considered the largest paving stone in Belgium and a relic of the earliest modern paving in Brussels.

This bell tower is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands and was a symbol of prestige.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.