Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wat Rong Khun
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
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Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Belgrade, Serbia
A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Postojna, Slovenia
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Phonsavan, Laos
Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.
Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Belgrade, Serbia
A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.
Belgrade, Serbia
A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.
Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine
This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.