London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

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

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

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

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.