An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

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

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

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

An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.