Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

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

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.

This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.