The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

The first modernist church in Europe.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Underground monastery and fortress.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

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

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.