A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.

This fountain was designed to honor the man who helped bring water to Barcelona.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

Atop this library is one of the most beautiful green spaces in Warsaw.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

Auguste Maïcon, a pioneer in French aviation, was born in this house in 1891.