The world's largest wooden structure.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.