Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Karl Marx Monument
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
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Karlovy Vary, Czechia
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
Pilsen, Czechia
Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.
Oberkotzau, Germany
Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.
Nagold, Germany
A German town is growing a building out of trees.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
Cochem, Germany
This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.
Beelitz, Germany
Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Bishopthorpe, England
Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.
Stockholm, Sweden
The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.
Cologne, Germany
The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.
Cologne, Germany
A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Antwerp, Belgium
An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.
Brussels, Belgium
Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.
Liverpool, England
Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.
Liverpool, England
The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Liverpool, England
This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.
Glasgow, Scotland
The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.
Vetschau, Germany
Tallest - but not most powerful - wind turbine in the world.
Rangsdorf, Germany
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.