Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Berlin's old airport.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.