The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.