In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

A unique military outpost carved into a rocky outcrop in the English Channel.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.