This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

The great Danube river starts here.

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

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

A rare museum dedicated to a rather overlooked material in the history of fashion.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

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

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

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

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.