An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.