Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.