This modernist tower was saved by a fraternity with a 500-year-old penchant for shooting at wooden parrots.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

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

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

A small Denmark town displays a pair of titanic jaw bones as their community symbol.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Dozens of musicians have planted trees in this Danish park, and donated songs to go with them.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

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

A museum filled with tiny, adorable versions of the mighty Royal Danish Navy.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.