Tomba, Montenegro
Stara Maslina
One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.
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Tomba, Montenegro
One of the world's oldest olive trees, thought to be over 2,000 years old.
Montenegro
A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Stockholm, Sweden
A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Stockholm, Sweden
The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.
Stockholm, Sweden
Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Tallinn, Estonia
Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Świdnica, Poland
This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
kłodzki, Poland
Naturally formed rock city in Poland.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.
Zurich, Switzerland
A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.
Andermatt, Switzerland
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.