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This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

Berlin's old airport.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.