Braine-le-Château, Belgium
Pillory of Braine-le-Château
This lantern pillory is probably the most remarkable and best preserved in Europe
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Places I've been
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London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Holubice, Czechia
Zapa Concrete Holubice
A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Cologne, Germany
Shrine of the Three Kings
The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.
Cologne, Germany
Tünnes und Schäl
Life-sized bronze statues of fictional puppet characters.
Brno, Czechia
The Samurai of Brno
A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.
Brno, Czechia
The Indecent Little Man on the Church of St. James
A cheeky architectural easter egg.
Brno, Czechia
House of Stone Maiden
A tragic tale of a young woman accused of witchcraft haunts this place.
Tallinn, Estonia
Seaplane Harbour
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Church of St. Casimir
A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Church of St. Anne
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Republic of Uzupis
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights
This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.
Trakai, Lithuania
Trakai Island Castle
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Carillon Berlin-Tiergarten
One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Brussels, Belgium
Black Tower
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
Théâtre Royal de Toone
Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.
Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo Fountain
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
