Oranienburg, Germany
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
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.
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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.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Wonsees, Germany
These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands
A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.
Mexico City, Mexico
The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.
Mexico City, Mexico
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
Mexico City, Mexico
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
France
Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Bíldudalur, Iceland
The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.