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

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

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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

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

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

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

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

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

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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