A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

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.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.