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

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

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

The ruins of a castle sat decaying in this park for years before a massive renovation restored this area to its past beauty.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Along this stretch of beach in Denmark resides several massive bastions of energy.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.