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Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

A glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

This museum explores the tumultuous history of Lviv under Nazi and Soviet occupation.

A former 16th-century monastery houses a museum dedicated to the island and its culture.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

The first modernist church in Europe.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

The largest salt farm in the Canary Islands is located at the foot of an active volcano.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.