Prague, Czechia
Statue of King Wenceslas Riding an Upside-Down Dead Horse
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
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Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Portugalete, Spain
Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.
Bilbao, Spain
Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.
Bilbao, Spain
This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.
Bologna, Italy
In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.
Zagreb, Croatia
This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
Hallstatt, Austria
The world's oldest known salt mine.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Hamburg, Germany
Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.
Oxford, England
This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
London, England
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
London, England
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.