This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

This almost a century old piece of architecture had been overlooked by most, except for the drunk and the homeless

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Berlin's old airport.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.