Hamburg, Germany
Feldstraße Bunker
A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.
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Hamburg, Germany
A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Waimes, Belgium
The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.
Marknesse, Netherlands
This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.
Banavie, Scotland
The longest staircase lock in Britain.
Valencia, Spain
This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.
Valencia, Spain
With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.
Valencia, Spain
This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Belgium
Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.
Jülich, Germany
A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.
Stirling, Scotland
The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Corgarff, Scotland
This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Wick, Scotland
The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands
This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.
Arnhem, Netherlands
The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.