The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

Built as part of a "sludge fleet" that transported sewage, this historic steamship now mostly moves people.

On this headland lies a 19th-century lighthouse and historic gun battery.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

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

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This Stockholm art museum integrates many of its pieces into the surrounding outdoor areas and natural landscape.

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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

This small train ride offers stellar views of the Grand Garden Palace.