Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

Berlin's old airport.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.