Riga, Latvia
Black Cat of Riga
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
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Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Volos, Greece
This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Egeo, Greece
Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.
Preveza, Greece
The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Kleitoria, Greece
This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Tallinn, Estonia
A large boulder was declared a local landmark by a popular vlogger.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Tallinn, Estonia
A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.
Tallinn, Estonia
This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.
Palasi, Estonia
Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.
Laadla, Estonia
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
Piusa, Estonia
Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.