Dubrovnik, Croatia
Hotel Belvedere
The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
Zagreb, Croatia
A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.
Prague, Czechia
This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Berlin, Germany
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Berlin, Germany
A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.
Berlin, Germany
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.