Arouca, Portugal
Ponte 516 Arouca
One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.
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Arouca, Portugal
One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.
Coimbra, Portugal
One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.
Unhais da Serra, Portugal
A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Coimbra, Portugal
Nicknamed "Karri Knight," this Eucalyptus was planted in 1895 and stands at 72 meters.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Girona, Spain
Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Wuppertal, Germany
This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.
Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.
Görlitz, Germany
After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.
Rathen, Germany
This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.
Strausberg, Germany
A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.
Turnov, Czechia
Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Králíky, Czechia
Witness to Nazi occupation, this bunker has managed to soldier on to this day.
Poland
A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".
Walbrzych, Poland
This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.
Forst, Germany
This elaborate stone bridge over the Neisse river has sat in pieces since 1945.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.