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

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

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

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

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

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

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

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

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.