A 12th-century castle featuring a sensory path where partially-sighted visitors can experience regional history through touch and sound.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

The enigmatic symbol on this incineration plant's smokestack is, in fact, a one-of-a-kind clock.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.

On a secluded beach is one of the few shipwrecks left on the shores of Mauritania.

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

A farming family's tribute to the pack animal.