Assesse, Belgium
Grotto of St Anthony of Padua
This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.
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Assesse, Belgium
This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.
Steyl, Netherlands
This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
World's largest barrel containing an inn.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Nentershausen, Germany
At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
Abensberg, Germany
A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Cologne, Germany
The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.