Barcelona, Spain
Casa Batlló
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
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Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Strasbourg, France
Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Dietzenbach, Germany
This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.
Chiemsee, Germany
Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Cochem, Germany
This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Hinterweidenthal, Germany
It's said the devil used this mushroom rock as a table for a late-night meal.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Strasbourg, France
Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.
Strasbourg, France
This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.
Hunawihr, France
Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.
Mannheim, Germany
In this German city center, the streets have no names.
Hội An, Vietnam
One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Dalat, Vietnam
A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.
Dannenfels, Germany
A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.