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The "floating factory" was a highlight in the career of the Italian architect known for his unusual use of reinforced concrete.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.

Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.

Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

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 German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.