Bomarzo, Italy
The Monsters of Bomarzo
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
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Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Oranienburg, Germany
A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.
Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Rangsdorf, Germany
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.
Berlin, Germany
A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.
Hemer, Germany
Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.
Strausberg, Germany
A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.
Schramberg, Germany
Whimsical wash tubs row down the stream as part of this Carnival celebration.
Waldeck, Germany
A century-long search for a church that was never there.
Neustadt am Kulm, Germany
A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.
Lautertal (Odenwald), Germany
This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.
Ivenack, Germany
The oldest trees in Northern Germany.
Wehringen, Germany
Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.
Bad Doberan, Germany
A steam powered train that runs on city streets.
Usterling, Germany
Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.
Ludwigsburg, Germany
This outdoor library provides around-the-clock access to around 7,000 books.
Bretten, Germany
One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.