A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

Kloster Eberbach is one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval Cistercian monasteries, founded in 1136 and renowned for its austere Romanesque architecture and historic wine cellars.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

These crypt figures are said to be the giant and his family, turned to stone mid-rampage

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

A somber statue commemorating a Danish merfolk-tale.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Like the monarchs in its home country, this sculpture keeps losing its head.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

This 18th-century pirates lair has been transformed into a museum and luxury event space.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.