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The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

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

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

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

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.