The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

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

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.