A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Bizarrely-painted church designed by a controversial artist.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.