Barcelona, Spain
Casa Batlló
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
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Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Bilbao, Spain
This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Tunis, Tunisia
Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.
Nordkapp, Norway
At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.
Tromsø, Norway
This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Robertsfors N, Sweden
The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.
Røst, Norway
The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.
Lyngvær, Norway
This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.
Storforshei, Norway
This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.
Aurland, Norway
Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.