Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.