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A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

The ruins of the second-largest circus school in the world.

This mermaid sculpture commemorates a Galician legend and an annual trial.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

This rough experimental house was created by flooding a dirt hill with concrete.

Open air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermit.

Tiny Spanish beach covered in sea glass.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

The largest mosque in Germany.

One of the world's most complex timepieces.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

It's a 1/20th height replica of the Eiffel Tower at 16 meters tall in the quaint village of Soing-Cubry-Chartenay.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.