Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.