Santiago, Chile
Museum of Memory and Human Rights
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
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Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Dusseldorf, Germany
This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Wrocław, Poland
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Vienna, Austria
Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Ercolano, Italy
The oldest volcanology research center in the world.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Rome, Italy
Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.
Salamanca, Spain
The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.
A Coruña, Spain
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.