The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

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

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.