This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

Most often copied TV Tower in the world.

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

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

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.