Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

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

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

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

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.