The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The "feral child" who appeared in Bavaria in the 19th century remains as much a mystery as his unsolved murder.

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

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

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

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.