The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

Berlin's old airport.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.