The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.