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

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

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

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.