Oslo, Norway
Gol Stave Church
This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.
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Oslo, Norway
This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.
Stockholm, Sweden
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
Stockholm, Sweden
An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.
Brussels, Belgium
The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Munich, Germany
This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Torgnon, Italy
High in the Italian Alps, a lonely chapel with a striking view of the Matterhorn.
Zermatt, Switzerland
Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.
Zermatt, Switzerland
One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.
San Francisco, California
This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.
San Francisco, California
A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.