Postojna, Slovenia
Olm
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
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Postojna, Slovenia
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
Funchal, Portugal
A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Small-town scandal, transformed into timeless pop art
Porto, Portugal
A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Netzschkau, Germany
The largest brick bridge in the world.
Chemnitz, Germany
One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Guben, Germany
The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Halbe, Germany
It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.
Berlin, Germany
A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.