Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Forget the hearse ‘cause he’s forever immortalized in a Belgian city where AC/DC performed a secret gig that pushed them forward.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

This statue of a studious young woman stands at the site of Leuven's first college to accept female students.

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

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.