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Raststätte Dreilinden - Renovated, but in hibernation

Kleinmachnow, Germany

Tugendamt und Pizzarand (Virtue Office and Pizza Crust)

A witty art installation in an abandoned gas station that became obsolete due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Colosseum seen from the Ludus Magnus.

Rome, Italy

Ludus Magnus

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Salle du Jeu de Paume

Versailles, France

Salle du Jeu de Paume

The grand triumphs and bloody tragedies of the French Revolution all trace their way back to this unassuming tennis court.

Cats lounging on ancient architecture

Rome, Italy

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Facade of the former Mármoles Molina shop

Madrid, Spain

Facade of the Former Mármoles Molina Shop

This protected 19th-century façade once housed Mármoles Molina, a company specializing in funerary monuments.

View of the Magic Door in Piazza Vittorio

Rome, Italy

Porta Alchemica

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The Liberty Bridge replaced the destroyed Ferenc József Bridge in 1946.

Budapest, Hungary

Ruins of the Ferenc József Bridge

When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.

A view of the Cloaca Maxima in 1814, as rendered by artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Rome, Italy

Cloaca Maxima

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Mi sono perso. XVII-IX-MMX
Permanently Closed

Rome, Italy

'Mi Sono Perso' ('I Am Lost')

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

(WikiCommons)

Rome, Italy

Via Appia

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The entrance of the eerie prison camp.

Willebroek, Belgium

Fort Breendonk

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

Adam and Eve House

Nice, France

The Adam and Eve House

The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.

A small square at Schnoor Quarter

Bremen, Germany

The Schnoor

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

All paper.

Mexico City, Mexico

Papier-Mâché Altarpiece at Plaza Capuchinas

This altarpiece isn't a gilded baroque work taken from a church, but rather a recreation where everything (even the fence and lock) are made of paper and cardboard.

The turtle, with its slow pace, has become a symbol of inefficiency in the Ayotzinapa case.

Mexico City, Mexico

Antimonumentas and Antimonumentos

These "antimonuments" confront the Mexican authorities by memorializing the most troubling events in the country's modern history.

Johannisburg Palace Cork Model Collection

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Johannisburg Palace Cork Model Collection

The world’s largest collection of cork models of ancient Roman buildings, made by a court baker and his son.

Gilnockie Tower

Canonbie, Scotland

Gilnockie Tower

This 16th-century tower house has a little hidden secret and a connection to an Apollo astronaut.

The temple is in the basement of the shopping mall that was built around and above it. It's a free museum.

Mainz, Germany

Isis Heiligtum (Isis and Magna Mater Temple)

An ancient Roman temple hidden in the basement of Römerpassage, a modern shopping mall.

Kloster Eberbach

Eltville am Rhein, Germany

Kloster Eberbach

Kloster Eberbach is one of Europe’s best-preserved medieval Cistercian monasteries, founded in 1136 and renowned for its austere Romanesque architecture and historic wine cellars.

The encampment, 1988

Berlin, Germany

Lenné-Dreieck

A small wedge of East Berlin was once on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall

Chorrojumo Statue

Granada, Spain

Chorrojumo Statue

A statue of Granada's self-proclaimed "King of the Gypsies"

Monumental Spanish Cities Mosaic

Madrid, Spain

Monumental Spanish Cities Mosaic

The biggest outdoor modern mosaic in Madrid

Donner Max Mario

Enschede, Netherlands

Donner Max Mario

If Mario ever ended up in witness protection, this would be where

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