Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.

These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.

This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

This seaside property, an example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style, was designed to embody the curves of a great ship.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

A small collection of objects of a bygone era hide in plain view.

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

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.