This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

Originally built for nuclear power plant workers, this church sits between apartment buildings.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

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

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

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

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

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

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

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

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.