Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

An artificial date palm stands as a memorial to Warsaw's Jewish community.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.