Vienna, Austria
'Seen des Himmels' ('Lakes of the Sky')
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.
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Vienna, Austria
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.
Georgia
A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.
Paris, France
An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.
Paris, France
This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.
Paris, France
Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Salzburg, Austria
The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Brno, Czechia
A cheeky architectural easter egg.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
300 years of pharmaceutical history on display.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Gorna krepost, Bulgaria
An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.
Gdańsk, Poland
Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Budapest, Hungary
A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.