This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

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

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

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

Something's missing between the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione in "the city of the three withouts."

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.