Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

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

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

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 strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

Art historians have debated the identity of this medieval stone rider since the 19th century.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.