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Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

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

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

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

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."