Estella, Spain
Park of the Sleepless (El Parque de los Desvelados)
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Angoulême, France
Galarie D'Art Park
A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.
La Teste-de-Buch, France
La Dune du Pilat
Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.
Yviers, France
La Bohème
The bizarre home and sculpture garden of an eccentric artist.
Angoulême, France
Murals of Angoulême
The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.
Loches, France
Underground Sound Sculptures
Artist and musician Will Menter creates musical sculptures.
Chevilly, France
Aérotrain d'Orléans Test Track
The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.
Fontainebleau, France
Fontaine de Diane (Fountain of Diana)
Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.
Cârța, Romania
Cârța Monastery
Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.
Șinca, Romania
The Sinca Veche Temple Cave
No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.
Viscri, Romania
Viscri Fortified Church
A medieval church built up to defend its village.
Lupșa, Romania
Geamana, Romania
Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.
Szatmárcseke, Hungary
Szatmárcseke Calvinist Cemetery
Hundreds of boat-shaped headstones fill this graveyard as part of a centuries-old custom with mysterious origins.
Flossenbürg, Germany
Flossenbürg Concentration Camp
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Neißeaue, Germany
Kulturinsel Einsiedel
A massive playground in the woods of Germany.
Gablenz, Germany
Rakotzbrücke Devil’s Bridge
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Laußig, Germany
Secret Military Bunker Kossa
This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.
Thale, Germany
Hexentanzplatz (Witches' Dance Floor)
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Delme, France
Gue(ho)st House
This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.
La Boulaye, France
Temple des Mille Bouddhas (Temple of One Thousand Buddhas)
On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
Conques, France
St. Foy’s Golden Reliquary
The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Valence-sur-Baïse, France
Flaran Abbey
A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
Museo de las Brujas (Witches Museum)
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Wamba, Spain
Wamba Ossuary
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
