These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

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

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

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

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

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

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.