Ridala Parish, Estonia
Ungru Manor
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
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Ridala Parish, Estonia
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
La Palma, Spain
Marvel at this massive waterspout fueled by the incoming tide.
La Palma, Spain
These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.
La Palma, Spain
This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.
Kairouan, Tunisia
Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.
Teboursouk, Tunisia
The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.
El Jem, Tunisia
The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.
Osogbo, Nigeria
The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Naoshima, Japan
A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Brussels, Belgium
Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.
Tervuren, Belgium
A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.
Tielt-Winge, Belgium
The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.
Leuven, Belgium
This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.
Leuven, Belgium
A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.