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

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

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

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

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

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

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

One of the largest burial mounds in the Netherlands and Belgium.

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 70 species of monkeys roam free alongside their human visitors.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.