A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

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

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

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

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

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

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

An underground city of salt.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.