Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

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

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

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

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

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

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.

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

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

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

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.