Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Berdorf, Luxembourg
This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Mechernich, Germany
This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Ghosts of France's colonial past.
Paris, France
An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Larmor-Baden, France
One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France
The largest underground church in Europe.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Montesquieu-Avantès, France
15,000 year old bison sculptures.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Pavia, Italy
What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?
Lumio, France
Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.