Gadmen, Switzerland
Trift Bridge
This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.
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Gadmen, Switzerland
This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Wasserauen, Switzerland
This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Oranienburg, Germany
A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.
Dresden, Germany
Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
A memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives working in what is now a massive tourist attraction.
Aachen, Germany
A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.
Nuremberg, Germany
An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.
Augsburg, Germany
Next to the well-known retaining weir "Hochablass" is the former raft port for the city of Augsburg.
Munich, Germany
An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.
Jülich, Germany
A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.
Altenmünster, Germany
Hidden in the forest are the remains of a former World War II chemical plant.
Wielenbach, Germany
A hole in the floor of this chapel is said to have been created by a footprint of the devil.
Nuremberg, Germany
A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.
Potsdam, Germany
In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.
Schwielowsee, Germany
Before he was forced to flee the country under Nazi rule, Albert Einstein spent his summers in this custom-built lakeside house near Berlin.
Kochel am See, Germany
The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.
Berlin, Germany
A historic fire call point.
Munich, Germany
This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.