Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

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

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

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

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.