Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A collection of historic buildings in central Birmingham blend seamlessly into the cityscape but have an interesting story to tell.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

An extensive network of secret tunnels was created for the Nazi project "Riese."

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.