What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

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

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

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

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

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 huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.