The remains of a 13th-century Romanesque church lie abandoned on a hillside.

This museum showcases the lives of Hungarian school children and their vintage toys.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This Danish park has celebrated the American independence day since 1912.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

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

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.