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

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

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

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

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

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

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

One of the largest refracting telescopes in the world, and the first built specifically for studying astrophysics.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.