The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.