Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

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

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

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 Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.