A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

On a teardrop-shaped island in the Danube, the ruins of a convent and the final resting place of a saint.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

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

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

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

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

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

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

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

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

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