Brașov, Romania
Strada Sforii (Rope Street)
This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.
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Brașov, Romania
This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.
Bucharest, Romania
This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.
Bucharest, Romania
An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.
Bucharest, Romania
This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.
Bucharest, Romania
The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.
Bucharest, Romania
This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.
Bucharest, Romania
Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.
Geneva, Switzerland
An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Monaco
This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.
Monaco
This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Healing waters from a holy well, previously used by locals for doing laundry.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.
Riga, Latvia
This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.
Riga, Latvia
This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.