Frankfurt, Germany
Pinkelbaum (Peeing Tree)
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Frankfurt, Germany
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Pristina, Kosovo
The sculpture of a man sitting in the middle of the square holds great significance for the young nation of Kosovo.
Frankfurt, Germany
The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.
Asmara, Eritrea
Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.
Peja, Kosovo
A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.
Mitrovica, Kosovo
Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.
Pristina, Kosovo
A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Prizren, Kosovo
This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.
Pristina, Kosovo
The site of a legendary 14th-century battle and a controversial 20th-century speech.
Pristina, Kosovo
This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
Asmara, Eritrea
One of the country's largest cinemas that is not part of the tourist trail.
Brück, Germany
The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.
Beila, Mauritania
The largest camel market in West Africa
Kigali, Rwanda
The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.
Bender, Moldova
A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.
Bhutan
This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.
Punakha, Bhutan
This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.
Trongsa, Bhutan
The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.
Bakı, Azerbaijan
The world's largest KFC restaurant is housed in a historic railway station in Azerbaijan's capital city
Ouidah, Benin
This singular fort was once the smallest colony in the world, an international oddity