Játiva, Spain
The Upside Down Painting of King Philip V
This portrait of Philip V is always hung upside down, in a protest three centuries in the making.
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Görlitz, Germany
Jugendstilkaufhaus Görlitz
After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.
Berlin, Germany
Haus des Lehrers
A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.
Berlin, Germany
‘Trains to Life – Trains to Death’
A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism
A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
Berlin, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Marx and Engels Forum
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur
One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Harpa
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Phallological Museum
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Hallgrimskirkja
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Cliff Walk
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport Maritime Museum
A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
Salem, Massachusetts
The Satanic Temple
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Rockport, Massachusetts
Paper House
An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.
Boston, Massachusetts
'The Embrace'
This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
