This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.