A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

A small museum dedicated to the small—but mighty—Nürnberger Rostbratwurst.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

A beautiful display of nearly 50 bells crafted with a unique design and distinct sound.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

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

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.