Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

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

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

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

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

The world's first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

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

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.