Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

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

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This extensive collection covers thousands of years of Polish military history.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

The largest toy museum in Poland showcases Europe's history of childhood.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.