Rome, Italy
Quartiere Coppedè
Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.
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Rome, Italy
Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.
Warsaw, Poland
A bronze replica of an elm tree that honors the victims that perished in Pawaik Prison.
Warsaw, Poland
The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Čičmany, Slovakia
A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A unique hotel for the artistic soul.
Grožnjan, Croatia
The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Pula, Croatia
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
Brištane, Croatia
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Brussels, Belgium
Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.
Brussels, Belgium
Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.
Leuven, Belgium
The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.
Antwerp, Belgium
Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.