Budapest, Hungary
Péter Mansfeld Monument
This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.
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Budapest, Hungary
This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Helsinki, Finland
A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Tartu, Estonia
Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.
Ruhnu, Estonia
It's rumored this unique Baltic beacon was designed by Gustave Eiffel himself.
Estonia
A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Laadla, Estonia
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
Tartu, Estonia
The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.
Hiiu Parish, Estonia
This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.
Helsingør, Denmark
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
A Coruña, Spain
This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.