Zrenj, Croatia
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Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.
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Zrenj, Croatia
Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.
Croatia
A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.
Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
Korčula, Croatia
When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.
Vienna, Austria
Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.
Vienna, Austria
This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.
Vienna, Austria
The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Leverkusen, Germany
Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.
Vienna, Austria
This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Hanover, Germany
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Hanover, Germany
An extraordinary mechanical calculator designed by the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz.
Pfronten, Germany
Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.
Berlin, Germany
Art and a pun, all in one.
Göttingen, Germany
The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Frankfurt, Germany
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Berlin, Germany
Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.