Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
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Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Bruges, Belgium
The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Berlin, Germany
A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.
Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Berlin, Germany
Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.
Berlin, Germany
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Vienna, Austria
Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.
Calgary, Alberta
A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."
Vienna, Austria
The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Ostrava, Czechia
A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.
Krakow, Poland
In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.
Krakow, Poland
There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Huangshan, China
This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.