Lahnstein, Germany
Burg Lahneck
Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
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Lahnstein, Germany
Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
Brisbane, Australia
An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.
Stockholm, Sweden
A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.
Lower Rabula Emmangweni, South Africa
A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.
Ercolano, Italy
For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Scalloway, Scotland
This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.
Tsu, Japan
A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.
Wheaton, Maryland
Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.
Moscow, Russia
A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.
Dozza, Italy
Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.
Brighton, England
These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.
Zagreb, Croatia
A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.
Provo, Utah
This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.
Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
Manresa, Spain
The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.
Hove, England
This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.
Parma, Italy
The final resting place of the famous violinist, after his corpse was denied a proper Catholic burial for decades.
İzmir, Turkey
An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.
Falls Church, Virginia
These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.
Providence, Rhode Island
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.