Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

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

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

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

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

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

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

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

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.