Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.

This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.

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

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

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.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

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

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.