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Kris Best

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History and travel enthusiast based in Berlin, Germany.
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Speyer Wine Bottle

Speyer, Germany

Speyer Wine Bottle

Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.

Mauseturm Tower

Bingen, Germany

Mouse Tower

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Oberwesel, Germany

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Statue of Loreley

Sankt Goarshausen, Germany

Statue of Loreley

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Front of the monument from the ground

Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Niederwald Monument

Hilltop monument to the victory of a new nation in the Franco-Prussian War.

Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina with six violins.

Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

The temple is in the basement of the shopping mall that was built around and above it. It's a free museum.

Mainz, Germany

Isis Heiligtum (Isis and Magna Mater Temple)

An ancient Roman temple hidden in the basement of Römerpassage, a modern shopping mall.

Raststätte Dreilinden - Renovated, but in hibernation

Kleinmachnow, Germany

Tugendamt und Pizzarand (Virtue Office and Pizza Crust)

A witty art installation in an abandoned gas station that became obsolete due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Memorial lightboxes

Rīga, Latvia

Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum

A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.

"Cross-legged"

Pristina, Kosovo

‘Cross-legged’

The sculpture of a man sitting in the middle of the square holds great significance for the young nation of Kosovo.

The Ludwigshöhe

Darmstadt, Germany

The Ludwigshöhe

A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

Marshall Brunnen.

Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt Wishing Wells

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

More than 25,000 books were burned on this site.

Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt Book Burning Memorial

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge)

Frankfurt, Germany

Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge)

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

Tito memorabilia on the wall inside.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cafe Tito

Not your average Bosnian cafe — this locale is dedicated to the former Yugoslav dictator Tito.

The Ring

Montreal, Quebec

The Ring

This massive circular sculpture may not be a portal to other worlds, but it does inspire the mind to imagine them.

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

Le Mans, France

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.

Box 5 at the  Paris Opera

Paris, France

‘Phantom of the Opera’ Box

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

The encampment, 1988

Berlin, Germany

Lenné-Dreieck

A small wedge of East Berlin was once on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall

The Outer Rim

Seattle, Washington

The Outer Rim

The Outer Rim Coffee House is a space for coffee enthusiasts and sci-fi fans alike!

Beer Spa Bernard private room

Prague, Czechia

Beer Spa Bernard

You can soak in private hot tubs infused with beer while pouring unlimited Czech beer from your own tap.

City of Justice

Vilnius, Lithuania

City of Justice

Another beautiful spot in the hidden universe of Eames Demetrios.

East Finchley  Tube Station & the Archer

London, England

East Finchley Tube Station & the Archer

The Underground railway station and its Cubist/Art Deco statue are so evocative of 1920s/30s London that one almost expects to see Poirot on the stairs.

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