Europe

Thirty two historic sites within fifteen kilometres.
Your map app shows two.

Going Out finds the castles, ruins, towers and forgotten sites that standard map searches rank into oblivion, and sorts them by how close they are to you right now.

A standard map search

2 results worth showing

Hambach CastleCastle 38 km
HardenburgCastle ruin 35 km

Map search ranks by fame. A small ruin with no reviews cannot compete with a famous one forty kilometres away, so it never appears.

Going Out, same spot

32 within 15 km

Meuthscher TurmTower 0.9 km
MikweMedieval ritual bath 1.3 km
Unterirdische GängeUnderground passages 1.4 km
Burg HoheneckenCastle ruin, open access 4.6 km
Burgruine PerlenbergArchaeological site 6.7 km
Burg BeilsteinRuin 6.8 km

Sorted by distance, not by fame. Six of thirty two shown.

Both lists are real, taken from the same point in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Going Out carries its own database of 400,945 places across Europe.

What you get

Near you, right now

Castles, ruins, towers, mines, city gates, archaeological sites and viewpoints, ordered by distance. Each one tells you what it is, whether it is a ruin or still standing, and whether you can walk in.

Getting there

Drive and train directions, live local bus and tram times, and the weather where you are going. Directions use exact coordinates, so you arrive at the site and not a village three valleys over.

Worth the trip

A hand picked collection of gardens, palaces and landmarks across Europe, each with a written account of why it is worth the drive. Available in English, German and French.

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