Berlin, Germany
Café Strauss
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
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Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Iceland
A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Prague, Czechia
A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Hong Kong
This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.
Guanajuato, Mexico
A hotel masquerading as a medieval castle overlooks a Mexican city.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
The remains of a centuries-old water system that inspired local legends of secret tunnels.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
Liège, Belgium
A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
Singapore
A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.
Ishøj, Denmark
Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Moni Strofadon, Greece
A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Portbou, Spain
Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.