With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

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

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

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

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.