Brussels, Belgium
The Atomium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
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Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Le Roeulx, Belgium
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Bodo, Norway
World's strongest whirlpool.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.
Ödeshög, Sweden
This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
Årjäng SV, Sweden
This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.
Oslo, Norway
The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Aurland, Norway
A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.