A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

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

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.