Schleiden, Germany
Ordensburg Vogelsang
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
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Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Turnhout, Belgium
Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Étretat, France
In 1927, a biplane disappeared while attempting to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City. This memorial stands at the last place it was seen.
Vascœuil, France
To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.
Cuxhaven, Germany
WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.
Le Tréport, France
Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.
Peenemünde, Germany
This 1960's Soviet submarine in Peenemünde Harbor claims to be the largest submarine museum in the world.
Peenemünde, Germany
The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.
Binz, Germany
Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.
Bouée, France
This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.
Andouillé-Neuville, France
This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.
Skulte, Latvia
A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.
Rwanda
After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.
Stelvio, Italy
One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.
Useldingen, Luxembourg
A 12th-century castle featuring a sensory path where partially-sighted visitors can experience regional history through touch and sound.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Worms, Germany
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Jibchit, Lebanon
Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.
Beirut, Lebanon
This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.