A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

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

One room inside this building mesmerizes all with its parabolic dome.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

This annual harvest parade features intricate floats covered with fruits, vegetables, and seeds.

This bell tower is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands and was a symbol of prestige.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.