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.
Items added
Items this traveler has added to the Atlas.
Chamonix, France
Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.
Überherrn, Germany
Most powerful transmitter in Germany only broadcasts in the French language.
Warmensteinacher Forst-Nord, Germany
Most often copied TV Tower in the world.
Kłobuck County, Poland
The oldest wind turbine in Europe, constructed by a group of friends in 1932.
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Transmission tower outfitted with large crossbars that dampen wind-induced oscillations.
Königstein im Taunus, Germany
World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.
Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary
World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.
Langseitenrotte, Austria
Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.
Gemmrigheim, Germany
Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.
Rottenbuch, Germany
Cell phone tower constructed entirely of wood.
Zurich, Switzerland
Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.
Feucht, Germany
Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.
Frankfurt, Germany
The world's only silo that was topped by two revolving restaurants has unfortunately been demolished.
Stockholm, Sweden
The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.
Mounana, Gabon
The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Usedom, Germany
A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Grimeton, Sweden
A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.
Stuttgart, Germany
The remains of three Luftwaffe launch pads designed for manned anti-aircraft missiles.
Dusseldorf, Germany
An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Kvam, Norway
Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.