The great Danube river starts here.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

This bomb was once used as a church after it failed to detonate.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

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

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

A unique collection of Swiss art brut and naïve art displayed in an old warehouse.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

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

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

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

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.