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Albano Laziale, Italy

The Uphill-Downhill Road of Ariccia

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.
Added by Wanderful
Piombino, Italy

Casa Saldarini

An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.
Nemi, Italy

Nemi Ships

Caligula's colossal pleasure ships, discovered by Mussolini only to be lost in flames.
Allison Added by Allison
Borgo a Mozzano, Italy

Gothic Line Fortifications

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Norcia, Italy

Bosco Italia

A map of Italy made entirely of trees.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Kiel, Germany

Hörnbrücke

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.
Added by DanceBalu
Böblingen, Germany

German Butcher's Museum

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Berlin, Germany

The Frame Collector's Museum

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Cuxhaven, Germany

Site of operation Backfire

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.
Added by Alpha
Waldeck, Germany

The Steeple in the Edersee

A century-long search for a church that was never there.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Detmold, Germany

Hermannsdenkmal

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.
Added by Johnny J
Niederfinow, Germany

Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.
Added by Spruance
Essen, Germany

Villa Hugel

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Kassel, Germany

Walter De Maria's Vertical Earth Kilometer

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.
jamesb Added by jamesb
Berlin, Germany

'Das Schicksal Der (Fate of) Bravenleavanne'

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
jase Added by jase
Landsberg am Lech, Germany

Leper's Chapel and Ossuary

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.
pieofthemonth Added by pieofthemonth
Sulzbach, Germany

Brennender Berg

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."
Dylan Added by Dylan
Frankfurt, Germany

Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge)

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.
SuzieF Added by SuzieF
Rott am Inn, Germany

Skeletons of Rott am Inn

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.
pieofthemonth Added by pieofthemonth
Ivenack, Germany

Oaks of Ivenack

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.
Added by Anglophilia
Augsburg, Germany

Augsburger Puppenkiste

This famed marionette theater and museum is bursting with imaginative string puppets.
pieofthemonth Added by pieofthemonth
Moscow, Russia

Independent Republic of California Embassy in Moscow

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Moscow, Russia

Arctic Siberian Campion Plant Revived

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Ostashkov, Russia

Alexander Golod's Pyramids

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."
serflac Added by serflac