Paris, France
Foucault’s Pendulum
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
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Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Erkrath, Germany
The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.
Königswinter, Germany
A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.
Bonn, Germany
Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Gdańsk, Poland
One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.
Cologne, Germany
The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Leverkusen, Germany
Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.