Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

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

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.