Mörsdorf, Germany
Hängeseilbrücke Geierlay
Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
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Mörsdorf, Germany
Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
Wiesbaden, Germany
The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Genk, Belgium
What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Cochem, Germany
This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.
Dortmund, Germany
Former Gestapo prison turned memorial museum.
Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Elsdorf, Germany
This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.
Hanover, Germany
The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."
Hanover, Germany
This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Oranienburg, Germany
A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Gemmrigheim, Germany
Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.
Kastrup, Denmark
Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.
Malmö, Sweden
Malmö’s bronze prince yearns for Copenhagen's 'Little Mermaid'—and his missing crown jewels.
Malmö, Sweden
This quarry filled with 65 million-year-old limestone is now home to a nature reserve.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Berlin, Germany
This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.