Duisburg, Germany
Zoo Zajac
The world's biggest pet store.
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Duisburg, Germany
The world's biggest pet store.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Xanten, Germany
Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Turkey
Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.
Heyd, Belgium
A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.
Maldegem, Belgium
A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.
Carnoët, France
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.
Amiens, France
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Valenciennes, France
This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Amersfoort, Netherlands
The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.
Nieuwkuijk, Netherlands
This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.
Assen, Netherlands
Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Brussels, Belgium
This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.
Liège, Belgium
A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.
Liège, Belgium
This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Rome, Italy
Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Dublin, Ireland
The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.