A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The middle finger of modernity.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.