Venice, Italy
Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists)
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
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Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Tournai, Belgium
After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Saulces-Monclin, France
The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.
Echternach, Luxembourg
In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Bastogne, Belgium
Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Krakow, Poland
Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Kirnitzschtal, Germany
A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Prague, Czechia
The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.