A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.