Wuppertal, Germany
Schwebebahn Wuppertal
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
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Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Wuppertal, Germany
This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Andernach, Germany
The highest cold-water geyser in the world.
Königswinter, Germany
A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.
Wallenborn, Germany
A rare cold-water geyser that bubbles to life every half hour.
Schleiden, Germany
An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.
Swisttal, Germany
This mysterious pig iron pillar does not rust, despite being weathered by the elements for centuries.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands
This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.
Roermond, Netherlands
Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Couvin, Belgium
This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.
Hastière, Belgium
Two sections of the old dam that made it possible to tame the Meuse in Belgium in the 19th century.