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

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.