Benalmádena, Spain
Castillo Monumento Colomares
A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.
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Benalmádena, Spain
A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.
Świebodzin, Poland
This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Aarhus, Denmark
Denmark’s never-ending bridge.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Szymbark, Poland
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Opole Lubelskie County, Poland
A monument to Poland's famous alleged UFO abduction case.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Villamarzana, Italy
Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.
Colditz, Germany
An officers prison camp believed to be impregnable by the Germans saw over 30 successful escapes.
Darmstadt, Germany
The last Tsar of Russia constructed this private church just so he could attend services when visiting his wife's hometown.
Pello, Finland
A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.
Stor-Elvdal, Norway
The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.
Borås, Sweden
These miniature works of art are hiding in plain sight on buildings around the city.
Borås, Sweden
A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.
Hillerød, Denmark
This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.
Ängelholm V, Sweden
A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.
Holstebro, Denmark
A unique, modernist church tower that appears to float above the ground.
Kibæk, Denmark
This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.
Malmedy, Belgium
A gender-bending antihero's grave, where lies the inspiration for both book and film.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.