The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

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

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

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

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

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

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