Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

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

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

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.