Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Ai Pioppi Playground
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
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Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Marostica, Italy
Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.
Xicotepec de Juárez, Mexico
The building of this town's first purpose-built cinema theater now houses a restaurant, but its walls still represent a distant heritage.
Triora, Italy
The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."
Colere, Italy
A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.
Padua, Italy
Something's missing between the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione in "the city of the three withouts."
Kramsach, Austria
Cemetery with no dead, but a collection of exceptionally irreverent funerary monuments, site of the World Peace Cross and the world's most monumental Danse Macabre
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.
Prague, Czechia
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Colditz, Germany
An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Zurich, Switzerland
Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.
Romeno, Italy
A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.
Innichen, Italy
Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.
Salamanca, Spain
A Brutalist monument and "sculpture that contains many sculptures."
Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
An ode to the famous Las Vegas signage.
Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.
Ulm, Germany
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Grünwald, Germany
This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.
Valladolid, Mexico
Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.