This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

The last Viking king of Denmark is buried inside the crypt of this cathedral.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

The blowhole bursts spectacularly right next to the buildings in a medieval seaside town.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.