Berlin, Germany
Marx and Engels Forum
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
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Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Lacco Ameno, Italy
A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.
Pula, Croatia
Island wonderland for communist autocrats.
Postojna, Slovenia
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.