Iglesias, Italy
Nebida Laveria
On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.
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Iglesias, Italy
On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Cerveteri, Italy
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Italy
The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Bad Schussenried, Germany
This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.
Nentershausen, Germany
At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Giessen, Germany
This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
Darmstadt, Germany
1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.
Reutlingen, Germany
The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.
Giessen, Germany
An homage to the humble watering can.
Berlin, Germany
A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.
Abensberg, Germany
A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.
Dusseldorf, Germany
A varied collection of brains in alcohol.
Hamburg, Germany
This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.
Lübeck, Germany
The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.
Xanten, Germany
Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
La Boulaye, France
The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.