This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

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

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

Dedicated to the untimely death of American balloonist and parachutist.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

An abandoned textile factory on the "island of crows" was home to Estonia's first workers' strike.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

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 museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.