The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.