Year: 2009

Lichtenhain Waterfall

Discover Lichtenhain Waterfall in Kirnitzschtal, Germany: A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

Einsteinturm

Discover Einsteinturm in Potsdam, Germany: Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

Schwebebahn Dresden

Discover Schwebebahn Dresden in Dresden, Germany: A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

Tempelhof Airport

Discover Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany: Berlin's old airport.

Berlin Radio Tower

Discover Berlin Radio Tower in Berlin, Germany: A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Schwerbelastungskörper

Discover Schwerbelastungskörper in Berlin, Germany: Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Beelitz Heilstätten

Discover Beelitz Heilstätten in Beelitz, Germany: Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

Church of St. Ursula

Discover Church of St. Ursula in Cologne, Germany: A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Linderhof Palace

Discover Linderhof Palace in Ettal, Germany: A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King.".

Tajikistan Tearoom

Discover Tajikistan Tearoom in Berlin, Germany: A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Discover Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany: The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king.".

Schokland

Discover Schokland in Schokland, Netherlands: The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

Czar Peter House

Discover Czar Peter House in Zaandam, Netherlands: The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

Basiliek Oudenbosch

Discover Basiliek Oudenbosch in Oudenbosch, Netherlands: Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

Bottle-ship Museum

Discover Bottle-ship Museum in Enkhuizen, Netherlands: The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.

Preserved Mummies of the Hervormde Kerk

Discover Preserved Mummies of the Hervormde Kerk in Wiuwert, Netherlands: A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

Eisinga Planetarium

Discover Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker, Netherlands: Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

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