Oswiecim, Poland
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
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Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Borgholm N, Sweden
An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.
Borgholm, Sweden
Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.
Mörbylånga, Sweden
Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.
Varberg, Sweden
Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.
Lejre, Denmark
This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.
Roskilde, Denmark
Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.
Simrishamn, Sweden
The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.
Gislövshammar, Sweden
These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.
Berlin, Germany
One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
Connemara, Ireland
A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.
Kerry, Ireland
An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Heligoland, Germany
This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.