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Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands

Melkfabriek de Hoop

This building once stood at the center of a butter war.
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Uden, Netherlands

Strawberry Drive-In

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.
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Verzy, France

Faux de Verzy

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.
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Dicy, France

Le Manège de Petit Pierre in La Fabuloserie Museum

A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in an outsider art museum.
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Taingy, France

Carrière d'Aubigny

This former limestone quarry is now a subterranean wonderland of grand stonework.
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Tonnerre, France

Fosse Dionne

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
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Crécy-la-Chapelle, France

Le Moulin Jaune

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
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Paris, France

Argonaute Submarine

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.
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Fontenay-en-Parisis, France

Goussainville-Vieux Pays

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.
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Cergy, France

'Axe Majeur' ('Major Axis')

This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.
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Giverny, France

Claude Monet House and Gardens

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Vascœuil, France

Dali's Statue of Liberty

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.
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Jumièges, France

Ruins of the Jumiège Abbey

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
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Falaise, France

Château de Falaise

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.
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Zutphen, Netherlands

Librije Chained Library

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.
Allison Added by Allison
Loenen, Netherlands

Waterfall of Loenen

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Prague, Czechia

Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.
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Bratislava, Slovakia

‘The Six White Mice’

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Berlin, Germany

Teufelsberg

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Added by blainedoneill
Mons, Belgium

Mundaneum

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.
Josh Added by Josh
Genappe, Belgium

Abbaye de Villers

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Added by KrispyMac
Remouchamps, Belgium

Caves of Remouchamps

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.
michelle Added by michelle
Bassenge, Belgium

Tower of Eben-Ezer

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
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Ypres, Belgium

Sanctuary Wood Museum

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer