Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

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

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.