Schleiden, Germany
Ordensburg Vogelsang
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
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Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Innsbruck, Austria
Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.
Consonno, Italy
This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.
Mettlach, Germany
Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."
Metz, France
A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.
Tirolo, Italy
These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.
Munich, Germany
One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.
Basel, Switzerland
An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
Hinterweidenthal, Germany
It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.
Sirmione, Italy
One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.
Hartfield, England
The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
Sirmione, Italy
On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Assesse, Belgium
This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.
Viry-Noureuil, France
The somewhat misnamed 'Garden of Shells' lovingly built from found objects.
Orschwiller, France
The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.