A unique collection of Swiss art brut and naïve art displayed in an old warehouse.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

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

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

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

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

An 18th-century post box used to alert the church of sick and ailing foreign pilgrims.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

This palace offers an 18th-century European take on Chinese design and architecture.

This unique museum is home to over 5,000 puppets of all types.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.