A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

In the summer, the area around this sculpture transforms into a vibrant concert venue.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.