A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

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

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.