Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
Paracuellos Massacres Cross at the Madrid Airport
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
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Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Saulces-Monclin, France
The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Ireland
Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Milan, Italy
The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.
Madrid, Spain
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.
North Tipperary, Ireland
This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Corofin, Ireland
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Kildare, Ireland
See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.
Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Leixlip, Ireland
A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.