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A close look at hanging suspension structure.

Chamonix, France

Vallée Blanche Aerial Tramway Support

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

Europe 1 Transmitter building.

Überherrn, Germany

Europe 1 Transmitter

Most powerful transmitter in Germany only broadcasts in the French language.

Ochsenkopf TV Tower

Warmensteinacher Forst-Nord, Germany

Ochsenkopf TV Tower

Most often copied TV Tower in the world.

Rębielice Królewskie Wind Turbine

Kłobuck County, Poland

Rębielice Królewskie Wind Turbine

The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.

TV Tower Vinnytsia

Vinnytsia, Ukraine

TV Tower Vinnytsia

Transmission tower outfitted with large crossbars that dampen wind-induced oscillations.

Grosser Feldberg Telecommunication Tower

Königstein im Taunus, Germany

Grosser Feldberg Telecommunication Tower

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

Lakihegy Radio Tower.

Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary

Lakihegy Radio Tower

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

Train of Mariazellerbahn.

Langseitenrotte, Austria

Mariazellerbahn

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1.

Gemmrigheim, Germany

GKN Neckarwestheim, Unit 1

Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.

Rottenbuch Radio Tower

Rottenbuch, Germany

Rottenbuch Radio Tower

Cell phone tower constructed entirely of wood.

A tram crossing over the Schwamendingen X.

Zurich, Switzerland

The Schwamendingen X

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum

Feucht, Germany

Hermann Oberth Space Travel Museum

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

Henninger Turm
Permanently Closed

Frankfurt, Germany

Henninger Turm

The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.

Ytterby mine.

Stockholm, Sweden

Ytterby Mine

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

Oklo Reactor

Mounana, Gabon

Oklo Reactor

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

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Wiesbaden, Germany

Nerobergbahn

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Karnin Vertical Lift Bridge

Usedom, Germany

Karnin Vertical Lift Bridge

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

The Wuppertal "kaiserwagen" which once carried the German Emperor.

Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

The machine of Grimeton VLF Transmitter

Grimeton, Sweden

Grimeton VLF Transmitter

A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.

Closer look at launchpad of "Bachem Ba-349" near Kirchheim/Teck

Stuttgart, Germany

Kirchheim Natter Pads

The remains of three Luftwaffe launch pads designed for manned anti-aircraft missiles.

Düsseldorf-Rheinholz Rhine Powerline Crossing, under the legs of the right pylon the railway link to Holthausen substation runs
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Dusseldorf, Germany

Düsseldorf-Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing

An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

Wunderland Kalkar

Kalkar, Germany

Wunderland Kalkar

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

Steinsdalsfossen

Kvam, Norway

Steinsdalsfossen Waterfall

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

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