These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

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

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.