The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

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

This fairytale-looking castle is a wonderful example of Greek neo-Gothic architecture

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

A monument to the small town of master violin makers and its countless luthiers.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.

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

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

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

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

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.