Places Edited by maartensworld

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

This Czech military museum is home to pink tank that was once a symbol of art and political rebellion.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.