Graz, Austria
Burgruine Gösting (Gösting Castle Ruins)
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
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Graz, Austria
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
Riegersburg, Austria
A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.
Pichla bei Mureck, Austria
This open-air museum filled with 19th-century buildings offers a unique view of historic craftsmanship.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.
Altaussee, Austria
During World War II, Austria's oldest salt mine was used to store thousands of pieces of stolen artwork.
Admont, Austria
The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece
Malta, Austria
This medieval church in a small Austrian village is home to a 700-year-old Mickey Mouse lookalike.
Gmünd in Kärnten, Austria
A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.
Werfen, Austria
The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.
Itter, Austria
German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.
Kaltenbach, Austria
Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Längenfeld, Austria
Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.
Wiesbaden, Germany
This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.
Mainz, Germany
An ancient Roman temple hidden in the basement of Römerpassage, a modern shopping mall.
Mainz, Germany
While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.
Mainz, Germany
Along the banks of the River Rhine lies a park that seems unassuming, but beneath the surface lies a long and fascinating history.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Nuremberg, Germany
A small museum dedicated to the small—but mighty—Nürnberger Rostbratwurst.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Flossenbürg, Germany
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Amberg, Germany
This extremely narrow tenement boasts a maximum occupancy of just two.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.