A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.