Gdańsk's lion mascot features in a trail of bronze sculptures scattered all across the city.

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.

This World War II-era bunker hides between medieval chapels in Nijmegen's city center.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.