The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.

Renowned mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss once worked at this observatory.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This only museum in the world dedicated solely to mushrooms.

A lovely biographical museum in the artist's home of 24 years.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.