Oberhausen, Germany
Gasometer Oberhausen
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
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Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
Barcelona, Spain
These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Astana, Kazakhstan
Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Perushtitza, Bulgaria
Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Varna, Bulgaria
This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Zagreb, Croatia
This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
Podoštra, Croatia
Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Tekija, Serbia
A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.
Belgrade, Serbia
In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.
Belogradchik, Bulgaria
Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.