This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

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.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

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

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.