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

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This massive monument towers over the city as a constant reminder of the lives lost during Algeria's hard-won war for independence.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.