This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

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

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

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

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

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

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

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

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.