For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."