Bergamo, Italy
Oratorio dei Morti
At the entrance of this chapel is a fresco commemorating the dead from the plague outbreak of 1630.
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Bergamo, Italy
Doors of the Dead
It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.
Bergamo, Italy
Cappella Colleoni
If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.
Berlin, Germany
The Trabi Museum
A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.
Berlin, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten
Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Marx and Engels Forum
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
Bud Spencer Museum
Celebrating the works of a beloved Italian actor, known for such cult films as 'They Call Me Trinity' and 'Watch Out, We’re Mad!'
Genoa, Italy
Palazzo San Giorgio
Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.
Genoa, Italy
Monteverde Angel
The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.
Genoa, Italy
Genoa Cathedral
This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.
Genoa, Italy
Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto
This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.
Parma, Italy
Cattedrale di Parma (Parma Cathedral)
The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.
Parma, Italy
Lousy Tower
Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.
Parma, Italy
Parmesan Brick
The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.
Krakow, Poland
Memorial to the Victims of Air Pollution
Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.
