Tallinn, Estonia
Banned Books Museum
This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.
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Tallinn, Estonia
This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.
Tallinn, Estonia
Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.
Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Helsinki, Finland
A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Schwangau, Germany
A unique bridge with an equally unique view.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Turin, Italy
When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.
Ravenna, Italy
These structures hanging over the water's surface are traditional fishing machines.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Aigues-Mortes, France
This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Lisbon, Portugal
The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Bologna, Italy
A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.