A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

This neon landmark has been posing this deadpan question to follicly-challenged Dubliners for over 50 years.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.