El Hierro, Spain
El Hierro
This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.
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El Hierro, Spain
This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Cheongsong, South Korea
Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Shammar, Mongolia
This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.
Torrevieja, Spain
Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.
Santana, Portugal
These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Funchal, Portugal
A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.
Câmara de Lobos, Portugal
This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Paris, France
French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.
Zurich, Switzerland
Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Gränichen, Switzerland
The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Aulendorf, Germany
Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.