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Lutheran School of Theology - Lutherische Theologische Hochschule

Oberursel, Germany

Lutheran School of Theology - Lutherische Theologische Hochschule

Germany's tiniest institution of education.

Spreewitz Radio Tower

Spreetal, Germany

Spreewitz Radio Tower

A radio tower with something unusual between its legs.

View from West onto the static inverter hall of the Wolmirstedt HVDC-back-to-back plant. (Wikimedia Commons)

Wolmirstedt, Germany

Wolmirstedt Converter Hall

Where the interconnection of German power grids should be.

Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1.

Gemmrigheim, Germany

GKN Neckarwestheim, Unit 1

Home of the largest single-phase AC generator in the world.

Last pylon of "Anlage 0704" close to Nehren substation. (Alpha/Atlas Obscura)

Nehren, Germany

Anlage 0704

Powerline dead since the 1980s despite appearances.

Düsseldorf-Rheinholz Rhine Powerline Crossing, under the legs of the right pylon the railway link to Holthausen substation runs
Permanently Closed

Dusseldorf, Germany

Düsseldorf-Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing

An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

Pylon 5 of Anlage 212.

Sindelfingen, Germany

Anlage 212

Power line with pylons on huge concrete bases to prevent terrorist attacks.

Meggen Lawn Cross

Argenbühl, Germany

Meggen Lawn Cross

This mysterious cross appeared on a farmer's lawn in 1972 and has been attracting pilgrims ever since.

Rottenbuch Radio Tower

Rottenbuch, Germany

Rottenbuch Radio Tower

Cell phone tower constructed entirely of wood.

Fuhrlander Wind Turbine Laasow. (Wikimedia Commons)

Vetschau, Germany

Fuhrlander Wind Turbine Laasow

Tallest - but not most powerful - wind turbine in the world.

Bad Dürkheim Aerial Tramway
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Bad Dürkheim, Germany

Bad Dürkheim Aerial Tramway

Ruins of an aerial tramway that ran for only eight years.

Armschwinger

Wurmberg, Germany

Armschwinger

This unusual small wind turbine in Germany has only a single rotor blade.

Ochsenkopf TV Tower

Warmensteinacher Forst-Nord, Germany

Ochsenkopf TV Tower

Most often copied TV Tower in the world.

Karnin Vertical Lift Bridge

Usedom, Germany

Karnin Vertical Lift Bridge

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

Faraday Cage over Motorway at Heusweiler
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Heusweiler, Germany

The Heusweiler Motorway Faraday Cage

A Faraday Cage protects cars from a nearby high-power transmitter.

Elefantenklo

Giessen, Germany

Elefantenklo

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

"Shorty" Power Line

Sindelfingen, Germany

"Shorty" Power Line

Shortest overhead power line in the world.

A plaster nativity scene at the museum.

Coreglia Antelminelli, Italy

Museum of Plaster Figurines and Emigration

The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.

The Museum's Facade

Genoa, Italy

Civic Museum of Natural History Giacomo Doria

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Spiagge Bianche with factories behind it

Rosignano marittimo, Italy

Spiagge Bianche (White Beaches)

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

Vajont Dam.

Erto e Casso, Italy

Vajont Dam

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

The World's Tallest Pinnochio

Collodi, Italy

Tallest Wooden Pinocchio in the World

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

Entrance on Via Maqueda

Palermo, Italy

Galleria delle Vittorie

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

The sculpture park.

Matera, Italy

La Palomba

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

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