Dresden, Germany
Schwebebahn Dresden
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
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Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Halbe, Germany
It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.
Darmstadt, Germany
A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Grünwald, Germany
This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Bavay, France
These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
Tarascon, France
Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.
Salses-le-Château, France
This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.
Delme, France
This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.
Cluny, France
One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The room where Vincent van Gogh died.
Vézelay, France
This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.