Prague, Czechia
Strahov Monastery
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
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Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Egerszalók, Hungary
The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.
Budapest, Hungary
This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.
Budapest, Hungary
Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.