The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.