Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

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

The final resting place for a wealthy Roman family, this tomb might be the best preserved of its kind outside Italy.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.