Kvačany, Slovakia
Oblazy Mills
Scenic hike to a restored watermill.
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Kvačany, Slovakia
Scenic hike to a restored watermill.
Berlin, Germany
The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.
Osinow Dolny, Poland
An installation at the border commemorates a battle from 972.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Abandoned museum from the last days of Soviet domination, with a unique Brutalist design.
Bergen, Norway
This student-run nightclub was originally a World War II bomb shelter.
Ankara, Turkey
This 13th-century UNESCO-listed "lion's house" mosque is named after a repurposed lion sculpture.
Prague, Czechia
This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Mexico City, Mexico
Remnants of an architect's residence that displays his embrace of organic architecture.
L'Aquila, Italy
Seven centuries ago, its holy door opened for a forgiveness procession ritual that was later "copied" by the formal Catholic Jubilee.
Obljaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This rustic home is the birthplace of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin.
Bucharest, Romania
Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.
Bečej, Serbia
A rich Serb hired foreign craftsmen to secretly build the castle of his dreams.
Boston, Massachusetts
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
John Day, Oregon
This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.
Bend, Oregon
The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."
Oregon
Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
La Pine, Oregon
A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.
La Pine, Oregon
Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Eureka, Nevada
The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Bedford, Virginia
This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.