Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.