The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.