A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city's water supply.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

The world's largest wooden structure.

A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.

This tower once served as a radar station during the Cold War.

A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

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

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

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

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.