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The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

This abandoned airplane hanger is said to have once been a top secret launch facility.

A masterpiece of modern architecture that caused quite a stir in Paris, recreated in Bologna half a century later.

The only Malaysian food truck in Italy slings tangy chicken satay that even Italians love.

A mysterious stele of unknown origin sits on the peak of this curious mountain.

Dynamite factory turned museum explores the history of explosives.

An early 19th-century English style garden hidden in the Rotterdam cityscape.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

Hidden in the forest are the remains of a former World War II chemical plant.

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

The remains of three Luftwaffe launch pads designed for manned anti-aircraft missiles.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.