There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”