Places Edited by smolfine

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

This ancient oak tree plays matchmaker for singles willing to branch out from the usual dating scene.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.