Venice, Italy
Giant Hands of Venice’s Grand Canal
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
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Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Padua, Italy
This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Bergamo, Italy
If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.
Bern, Switzerland
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Schwangau, Germany
A unique bridge with an equally unique view.
Munich, Germany
This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.
Munich, Germany
A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.
Munich, Germany
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Antwerp, Belgium
The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.