Moscow, Russia
Hotel Ukraina
The tallest hotel in Europe.
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Moscow, Russia
The tallest hotel in Europe.
Moscow, Russia
Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
Moscow, Russia
A monument to Malchik, a stray dog who lived in a Moscow metro station until his tragic death.
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.
Berdorf, Luxembourg
This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Beidweiler, Luxembourg
This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Brussels, Belgium
Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Brussels, Belgium
This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Brussels, Belgium
Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.
Paris, France
This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.
Roubaix, France
Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.
Paris, France
Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.
Paris, France
Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.