Vienna, Austria
Kriminalmuseum
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
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Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Luster, Norway
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Forsand, Norway
This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.
Oslo, Norway
An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.
Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Hanover, Germany
The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."
Warsaw, Poland
The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Kramfors N, Sweden
This serene wooded hilltop has a dark history as the climactic point of the Swedish witch trials.
Stockholm, Sweden
The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.
Uppsala, Sweden
Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.
Ödeshög V, Sweden
The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.
Stockholm, Sweden
Tucked away in a downtown Stockholm park are the remains of a World War II defense position.
Älvdalen N, Sweden
This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.
Lund NO, Sweden
This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.
Boge, Sweden
A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.
Torslanda, Sweden
Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.
Mörbylånga, Sweden
Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.