The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

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

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.