Berlin, Germany
'The Dance of Death'
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
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Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Schönefeld, Germany
This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Munich, Germany
This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.
Foresta, Italy
A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A line number in Amsterdam that will likely never be used again due to its tragic history.
Nairn, Scotland
In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.
Brindisi, Italy
It's believed that these columns marked the end of the Via Appia.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The European equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is slowly spreading over the entire city.
Frankfurt, Germany
This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.
Amersfoort, Netherlands
At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.
London, England
This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'
Trapani, Italy
A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.
Nuremberg, Germany
An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.
Dresden, Germany
The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.
Leiden, Netherlands
Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.
Dublin, Ireland
This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.
Northallerton, England
The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.
Berlin, Germany
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
Hawick, Scotland
Built as a training camp, this site became a detainment center for prisoners of war and German civilians during World War I.