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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.”

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

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

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

An artful memorial to 4,000 fateful oranges.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

One of the largest remaining ancient burial mounds of the 10th century.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

This museum explores the tumultuous history of Lviv under Nazi and Soviet occupation.

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.

The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.

Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.