Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument
Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
Nuremberg, Germany
An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.
Croatia
This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.
Pula, Croatia
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.
Maribor, Slovenia
The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.
Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.
Budapest, Hungary
The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Warmensteinacher Forst-Nord, Germany
Most often copied TV Tower in the world.
Cologne, Germany
The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.
Cologne, Germany
If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.
London, England
This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.
London, England
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
London, England
The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Oxford, England
A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.
Oxford, England
A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.