A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

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

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

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

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.