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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.