The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

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

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

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

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

This former cannon foundry and castle for the Counts of Flanders is now a public garden.

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

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.

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

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

The “Coin Cabinet of Dresden” houses a collection of over 300,000 numismatic artifacts, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

A pair of giant stone heads represent the ancient Roman saints beheaded here.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.