Ulm, Germany
Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster)
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.
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Ulm, Germany
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.
Minerve, France
A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.
Villerouge-Termenès, France
The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.
La Pera, Spain
Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...
Badalona, Spain
A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.
Montcada i Reixac, Spain
Remote ruins of a 2,400-year-old Iberian settlement.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.
Ardales, Spain
Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.
Girona, Spain
A historic structure inspired by Roman, Muslim, and Jewish bath houses.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Manresa, Spain
The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain
Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Barcelona, Spain
The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.
Barcelona, Spain
A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.
Martorell, Spain
A gravity-defying "devil's bridge" that has a surprising architectural feature for its stability.
Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
You can still walk across this beautiful medieval bridge in Andorra.
Canillo, Andorra
Defy gravity at this fascinating Pyrenees overlook platform.
Huesca, Spain
A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.
Garraf, Spain
This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.
Sers, France
This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."