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Jeanneke Pis forms a counterpoint in gender terms to Brussels' trademark statue, Manneken Pis.

Brussels, Belgium

Jeanneke Pis

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Big Ole

Alexandria, Minnesota

Big Ole

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

Smokey Bear Park

International Falls, Minnesota

Smokey Bear Park

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

Willie the Walleye Statue

Baudette, Minnesota

Willie the Walleye

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

View of monastery ruins in the winter

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Trappist Monastery

The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space. 

The grave of Louis Riel, leader of the Métis peoples of Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Louis Riel's Gravestone

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital original building

New York, New York

Bellevue Hospital

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The museum exterior.

Ypres, Belgium

In Flanders Fields Museum

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Gravensteen

Ghent, Belgium

Gravensteen

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Halve Maan beer pipeline.

Bruges, Belgium

Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Room 11 tiny stain glass window

Bruges, Belgium

Smallest Gothic Window in Bruges

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

Soldiers marching through the Menin Gate (before the modern structure) at the start of WWI

Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

Couvin, Belgium

Hitler's Bunker in Bruly-de-Pesche

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.

Schiphol Clock

Schiphol, Netherlands

Schiphol Clock

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

Close up of some of the 40,000 padlocks of love.

Cologne, Germany

Cologne's Love Locks Bridge

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina with six violins.

Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

The Devil of Oslo

Oslo, Norway

The Devil of Oslo

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

Iran Mall in Tehran.

Tehran, Iran

Iran Mall

One of the world's largest shopping malls covers an area of 15 million square feet—and it's still set to grow.

The Helsinki Observatory.

Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Observatory

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Nelson's Monument

Glasgow, Scotland

Nelson Monument Glasgow

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

Carrickfergus Radar Tower

Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Carrickfergus Radar Tower

An abandoned shipping control tower looks like a satellite perched at the end of a pier.

Urania Observatory

Zurich, Switzerland

Urania Observatory

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

Rhine Bridge Sevelen-Vaduz

Sevelen, Switzerland

Alte Rheinbrücke (Old Rhine Bridge)

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

Liechtenstein Postal Museum

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein Postal Museum

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

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