Modena, Italy
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David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
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Modena, Italy
David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Modena, Italy
This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.
Guatape, Colombia
The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Holubice, Czechia
A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.
Rome, Italy
A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.
Woudenberg, Netherlands
A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.
Genk, Belgium
This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Gmina Leśnica, Poland
One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.
Leiden, Netherlands
A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Zaandam, Netherlands
Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Vardo, Norway
The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
Sainte-Flavie, Québec
An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.