Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.