The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

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

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.