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

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

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

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

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

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.