Milan, Italy
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One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.
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Milan, Italy
One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Bruges, Belgium
The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.
Prague, Czechia
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Paris, France
The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.
Bordeaux, France
Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
La Rochelle, France
A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Marseille, France
This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.
Berlin, Germany
The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.
Berlin, Germany
Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.
Berlin, Germany
Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.
Berlin, Germany
Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.
Berlin, Germany
This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.