Liberec, Czechia
Hotel Ještěd
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
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Liberec, Czechia
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Darmstadt, Germany
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.
Cosswiller, France
One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Frankfurt, Germany
Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Strand, Norway
This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Sindelfingen, Germany
Power line with pylons on huge concrete bases to prevent terrorist attacks.
Zurich, Switzerland
Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.
Ecublens, Switzerland
The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.
Stuttgart, Germany
Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.
Stromboli, Italy
A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.
Artesina, Italy
Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Darmstadt, Germany
A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Collodi, Italy
Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.