Prague, Czechia
Statue of Franz Kafka
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
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Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Dresden, Germany
In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.
St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.
Hong Kong
Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.
Hong Kong
This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.
Tsai Po, Hong Kong
A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.
Hong Kong
The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.
Tokyo, Japan
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Tokyo, Japan
Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.
Tokyo, Japan
This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.
Tokyo, Japan
These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.
Tokyo, Japan
An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.
Tokyo, Japan
This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."
Tokyo, Japan
Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.
New York, New York
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.