A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

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

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

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

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

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.