Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Ponta do Pargo Lighthouse
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
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Câmara de Lobos, Portugal
Cabo Girão Skywalk
This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.
Højbjerg, Denmark
Grauballe Man
Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.
Aarhus, Denmark
Den Uendelige Bro (The Infinite Bridge)
Denmark’s never-ending bridge.
Hamburg, Germany
St. Nicholas' Church
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Celebration, Florida
Mickey Pylon
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Dalmally, Scotland
Kilchurn Castle
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Kassel, Germany
Museum of Sepulchral Culture
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Erfurt, Germany
Krämerbrücke
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Eisenach, Germany
Wartburg Castle
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Leipzig, Germany
Museum in der "Runden Ecke"
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Berlin, Germany
Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
AquaDom
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Paris, France
Parc Monceau
The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.
Paris, France
Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
Musée des Arts et Métiers
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle Dog Cemetery
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mary King’s Close
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Glasgow, Scotland
The Glasgow Necropolis
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
