Darmstadt, Germany
Darmstadt Railway Museum
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.
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Darmstadt, Germany
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
World's largest barrel containing an inn.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Ruins of an aerial tramway that ran for only eight years.
Frankfurt, Germany
The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.
Lich, Germany
A Neolithic burial site erected around 3000 BC.
Chevilly, France
The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Angoville-au-Plain, France
Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Waldeck, Germany
A century-long search for a church that was never there.
Tongwynlais, Wales
High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.
Amöneburg, Germany
Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.
Waldeck, Germany
As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
Edertal, Germany
Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Chester, England
A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.
Arromanches-les-Bains, France
Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Ypres, Belgium
In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
Zaandam, Netherlands
The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.
Leiden, Netherlands
One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.