This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

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

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

According to legend, this bell once belonged to a kingdom now lost beneath the waves.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.