Pontypool, Wales
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.
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Pontypool, Wales
Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.
Glastonbury, England
This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Berlin, Germany
For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
Berlin, Germany
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
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Place with alleged mystical powers in Old Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The place where World War I began.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Ypres, Belgium
In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.
Minsk, Belarus
A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.
Minsk, Belarus
The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.
Minsk, Belarus
A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.
Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.