Berlin, Germany
Fliegeberg
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
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Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Rome, Italy
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Budapest, Hungary
This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.
Baghdad, Iraq
A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
St. Gallen, Switzerland
This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.
Raron, Switzerland
The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
New Canaan, Connecticut
Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Manaus, Brazil
A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Hamburg, Germany
This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world