Zalipie, Poland
The Painted Village of Zalipie
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
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Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
Mitrovica, Kosovo
Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Aarhus, Denmark
This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.
Helsingør, Denmark
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Melnik, Bulgaria
This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.
Pula, Croatia
Island wonderland for communist autocrats.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Venice, Italy
This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
The temple that withstood the Nazis.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.
Skopje, North Macedonia
A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Lopar, Croatia
The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).