Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

See what remains of a once grand ancient Roman circus.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.

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

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

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

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.