An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

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

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

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

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.