Noordwijk, Netherlands
European Space Research and Technology Centre
The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.
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Noordwijk, Netherlands
The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Savigny-lès-Beaune, France
This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Siersthal, France
Tour part of the Maginot Line bunker system built to defend France against a German invasion.
Zweibrücken, Germany
A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.
Andenne, Belgium
An unassuming hillside that preserved humanity's oldest genetic code
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France
The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.
Franeker, Netherlands
Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.
Kehl, Germany
First museum dedicated to the research and history of Epilepsy.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.
Geneva, Switzerland
A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Sierpnica, Poland
An extensive network of secret tunnels was created for the Nazi project "Riese."
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Giessen, Germany
This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
Vienna, Austria
A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.