Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

This 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture of a winged Virgin Mary has inspired much devotion and countless replicas.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.