Barcelona, Spain
Festa Major de GrĂ cia
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
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Barcelona, Spain
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
Barcelona, Spain
GaudĂ's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Barcelona, Spain
This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Tilburg, Netherlands
Exploring the Netherlands’ textile past and future under one roof.
Tilburg, Netherlands
A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.
London, England
This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.
Santiago, Chile
It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.
Palermo, Italy
This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.
Erice, Italy
Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the HohenzollernbrĂĽcke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Cologne, Germany
This 19th-century fountain features sculptures of little gnomes that help with chores.
The Hague, Netherlands
The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.
Arras, France
An underground city of ancient quarry tunnels hid thousands of Allied soldiers in WWI.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.