A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

The great Danube river starts here.

An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

This ancient abbey now lies in majestic ruin behind a caravan park.

Believed to be an execution site used by King Arthur after he was embarrassed.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.

This mysterious wheel-cross is the tallest in Britain.

The ruins of a stone tower with alleged (but unlikely) Roman origins.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.