The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.