Weird Europe: A Guide to Bizarre, Macabre, and Just Plain Weird Sights

Welcome to Weird Europe...where truth is stranger than fiction.

Thrill-seekers, students of the bizarre, travelers searching for relief from the usual tourist attractions--rejoice! At last, here is a guidebook to Europe's dark side, compiled by Kristan Lawson and Anneli Rufus. From strange natural wonders to the handiwork of mad scientists, dreamers, and zealots, Europe harbors hundreds of fascinating--and occasionally gruesome--surprises. In these pages, you'll discover:

-Two-headed animals

-Erotic museums

-Creepy catacombs

-A cathedral made of salt

-A railroad operated by children

-The Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum

-An all-ice hotel

-Ancient pagan rituals

-Mines

-Sewer tours

-A museum of espionage

-UFO landing sites

-Pictures drawn by the dead

-A frog museum

-Pancake races

-Oddball art

-Underground cities

-Giants, freaks, and Siamese twins

-The Temple of Echoes

-And more!

Covering twenty-five countries, with complete directions, opening hours, and admission prices for nearly a thousand wild attractions, Weird Europe is an indispensable guide to a world that you never knew existed. Once you enter Weird Europe, there's no turning back.

© 2014 St. Martin's Griffin (Ebook): 9781466867628

Release date

Ebook: 8 April 2014