These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

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

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

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.