This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.