Kassel, Germany
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
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Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Berlin, Germany
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Bern, Switzerland
Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.
Basel, Switzerland
One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.
Sissach, Switzerland
Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Habsburg, Switzerland
An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Zurich, Switzerland
Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Wentworth Point, Australia
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.