Bremen, Germany
Bunker Valentin Memorial
Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.
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Bremen, Germany
Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.
Bremen, Germany
A spitting ode to a German serial killer.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Munich, Germany
This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Wernigerode, Germany
On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.
Ulm, Germany
A typical crusty old museum this isn't.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.
Den Burg, Netherlands
Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.