A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.