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The huge Philosophical Hall

Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Old Jewish Cemetery of Prague.

Prague, Czechia

Old Jewish Cemetery

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Statue of Franz Kafka with headphones for size comparison.

Prague, Czechia

Statue of Franz Kafka

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Inside the cafe

Prague, Czechia

Municipal House

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

The gallery of maps, showing the ceiling

Vatican City

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Krakow, Poland

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The Dragon's Den

Krakow, Poland

Wawel Dragon's Den

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Rynek Underground Cemetery

Krakow, Poland

Rynek Underground

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

T-Centralen

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Metro Art Gallery

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Original location.

Helsinki, Finland

Bad Bad Boy

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

The Sibelius Monument

Helsinki, Finland

Sibelius Monument

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Temppeliaukio Church

Helsinki, Finland

Temppeliaukio Church

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Fortress Patarei

Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia

Fortress Patarei

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Art within the creative city.

Tallinn, Estonia

Telliskivi Creative City

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

Straight on view of Support
Permanently Closed

Venice, Italy

Giant Hands of Venice’s Grand Canal

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Isola San Michele Funeral gates.

Venice, Italy

Isola di San Michele

Venice's island of the dead.

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

Venice, Italy

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The salt hill.

Egerszalók, Hungary

Salt Hill

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Gyermekvasút

Budapest, Hungary

Gyermekvasút

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Thermae Maiores

Budapest, Hungary

Thermae Maiores

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

Budapest Cave Church

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Cave Church

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

The Citadella

Budapest, Hungary

The Citadella

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Reading room in the Ervin Szabo Library

Budapest, Hungary

Szabo Ervin Library

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

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