Venice, Italy
Isola di San Michele
Venice's island of the dead.
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Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Margate, England
Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.
Ramsgate, England
Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour has the unique status of being the only Royal Harbour in the United Kingdom.
Cliffsend, England
This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.
Prague, Czechia
A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Prague, Czechia
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Prague, Czechia
A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Ston, Croatia
Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.
Schiphol, Netherlands
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.