A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

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

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

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

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

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

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

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

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

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

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

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

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.