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Locks on the Eiserner Steg

Frankfurt, Germany

Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge)

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

Row of old houses with the narrow Kleine Trippenhuis or "Little Trip House" on Kloveniersburgwal canal.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Kleine Trippenhuis

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Amsterdam Centraal's Royal Waiting Room

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Koninklijke Wachtkamer Amsterdam Centraal

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

Cuyperspassage

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cuyperspassage

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

Statue of Loreley

Sankt Goarshausen, Germany

Statue of Loreley

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Mauseturm Tower

Bingen, Germany

Mouse Tower

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Oberwesel, Germany

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Burg Lahneck

Lahnstein, Germany

Burg Lahneck

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

The Thumb

Koblenz, Germany

The Thumb

A monumental golden thumb rises as an iconic homage to Nouveau Réalisme, bold in scale and unapologetic in spirit.

The Spitting Boy

Koblenz, Germany

Schängelbrunnen

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Bockenheimer Warte subway entrance.

Frankfurt, Germany

Bockenheimer Warte Subway Station Entrance

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

Heidelberg's Old Bridge Monkey.

Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg Bridge Monkey

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Heidelberg Tun

Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg Tun

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

The Heidelberg funicular.

Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberger Bergbahnen

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Büchmesser (Belly Measuring Column)

Strasbourg, France

Büchmesser (Belly Measuring Column)

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

Hôtel Cathédrale Unexploded Shell

Strasbourg, France

Hôtel Cathédrale Unexploded Shell

A remnant of the Franco-Prussian War, lodged in the city's walls.

Findling vom Geissturm

Zurich, Switzerland

Findling vom Geissturm

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

Charlemagne Statue in Grossmunster Crypts

Zurich, Switzerland

Charlemagne Statue in Grossmunster Crypts

A statue of Charlemagne, created in the 1400s, once overlooked the city, and is now located in a crypt.

Abbey Library of Saint Gall

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Abbey Library of Saint Gall

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

The Méret Oppenheim fountain at Waisenhausplatz.

Bern, Switzerland

Méret Oppenheim Fountain

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

The child eater

Bern, Switzerland

The Child Eater of Bern

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Bärengraben

Bern, Switzerland

Bärengraben

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

Wheels of Gruyère maturing.

Pringy, Switzerland

La Maison du Gruyère

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

View of the museum bar

Gruyères, Switzerland

H.R. Giger Museum

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

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