The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.