Vilnius, Lithuania
Literatų Gatvė (Literature Street)
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
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Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.
Vilnius, Lithuania
These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Oslo, Norway
An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.
Oslo, Norway
Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.
Oslo, Norway
One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.
Oslo, Norway
Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.
Oslo, Norway
Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.
Oslo, Norway
A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Oslo, Norway
The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.
Oslo, Norway
The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.
Oslo, Norway
In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.
Carthage, Tunisia
This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.
Tunis, Tunisia
The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.
Tunis, Tunisia
Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.
Geneva, Switzerland
A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.
Podgorica, Montenegro
This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.
Athens, Greece
150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.