Brussels, Belgium
The Atomium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
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Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Tielt-Winge, Belgium
The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.
Court-Saint-Étienne, Belgium
Freemasonry’s universal creed etched in limestone.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Hinterweidenthal, Germany
It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.
Charleroi, Belgium
This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.
Couvin, Belgium
This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.
Siersthal, France
Tour part of the Maginot Line bunker system built to defend France against a German invasion.
Elsdorf, Germany
This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.
Blieskastel, Germany
After Nazi forces smashed this 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone, locals banded together to restore it.
Andernach, Germany
The highest cold-water geyser in the world.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Liège, Belgium
This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.
Blegny, Belgium
Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.
Liège, Belgium
Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Liège, Belgium
This Belgian observatory bears a striking resemblance to Futurama's Planet Express building.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Mörsdorf, Germany
Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
La Ferté-sur-Chiers, France
This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.