Hamburg, Germany
St. Pauli Elbtunnel
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
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Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.
Lier, Belgium
A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.
Porto-Vecchio, France
A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.
Landrethun-le-Nord, France
Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Lejre, Denmark
This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.
Keoldale, Scotland
The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.
Finchingfield, England
Through seven years of burglary, bereavement, and bad luck, a gentleman kept his word by saying none.
London, England
This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.
London, England
If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.
Lydbury North, England
This Iron Age hill fort remained hidden until a series of storms revealed its history.
Ecclerigg, England
These curious rocks located in the Lake District include several strange inscriptions of famous names.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.