A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

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

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The painting on an aptly named street honors the 1980s slasher movie.

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.