Helsinki, Finland
Bad Bad Boy
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
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Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Helsinki, Finland
Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.
Longyearbyen, Norway
In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Tallinn, Estonia
A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Windsor, England
A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.
Windsor, England
All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.
Windsor, England
At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.
Bath, England
Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.
Bath, England
This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Portsmouth, England
Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.
Southampton, England
A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.