This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This beautifully preserved Ottoman house is steeped in history.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

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

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.