A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.