Elsdorf, Germany
Hambach Surface Mine
This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.
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Elsdorf, Germany
This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Wuppertal, Germany
This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.
Andernach, Germany
The highest cold-water geyser in the world.
Worms, Germany
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Hinterweidenthal, Germany
It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.
Zweibrücken, Germany
A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.
Blieskastel, Germany
After Nazi forces smashed this 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone, locals banded together to restore it.
Wallenborn, Germany
A rare cold-water geyser that bubbles to life every half hour.
Mörsdorf, Germany
Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
Cochem, Germany
This 12th-century castle majestically overlooks the city and the beautiful Mosel River valley.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Mettlach, Germany
Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."
Berlin, Germany
The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.
Berlin, Germany
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Nuremberg, Germany
The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.
Paris, France
A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Lichtenhain/Bergbahn, Germany
Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Flintsbach am Inn, Germany
A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.