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Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

This small chapel built into rock is the oldest place of worship in Luxembourg.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Intricate metal sculpture that's half gothic cathedral, half construction equipment.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Ruins of a late 1950s Polish ski jump ramp in the middle of the city.

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This wooden mosque is one of the few remnants of medieval Poland's Muslim Tatar community in this deeply Catholic country.

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.