This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

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

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Take in the views of Big Ben with a Guinness in hand at this floating pub aboard a 1930s Dutch barge.

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

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

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.