Gryfino, Poland
Crooked Forest
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
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Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Antwerp, Belgium
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
Antwerp, Belgium
The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Antwerp, Belgium
This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.
Antwerp, Belgium
This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.
Antwerp, Belgium
This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.
Antwerp, Belgium
The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.
Boom, Belgium
Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.
Beveren, Belgium
The ruins of a castle sat decaying in this park for years before a massive renovation restored this area to its past beauty.
Ghent, Belgium
This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Salaspils, Latvia
This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Tallinn, Estonia
A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.
Jelonki, Poland
Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.
Gdańsk, Poland
This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.
Gdynia, Poland
A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.
Poland
These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Ypres, Belgium
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.