During World War II, an unlikely team of soldiers was charged with identifying and protecting European cultural sites, monuments, and buildings from Allied bombing. Officially named the Monuments, ...

With hundreds of monuments and historic sites all over Europe, it would take a lifetime to see them all. Is it even possible to rank them? This is the challenge that a British online bank took up.

Wandering through the cobbled streets of an old European city, where history lingers around every corner, I often find myself drawn to the statues and monuments that blend into the cityscape.

The art was hidden at various locations in Berchtesgaden, Germany, in the Bavarian Alps until discovered by the Monuments Men. The recovered artwork was then collected at Unterstein before transport ...