At this barrel organ museum, history and live concert keep Dutch street organ culture alive.

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A double cantilever system bridge that was designed to prevent flood damage.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.