Venice, Italy
Church of Santa Margherita
This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.
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Venice, Italy
This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.
Lido, Italy
The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.
Venice, Italy
In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Dresden, Germany
The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Salzburg, Austria
This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Havana, Cuba
The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.
Havana, Cuba
This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.
Havana, Cuba
His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."
Havana, Cuba
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
Havana, Cuba
Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.
Havana, Cuba
A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.