The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.