Sintra, Portugal
Pena National Palace
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
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Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Zagreb, Croatia
An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Moscow, Russia
This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
London, England
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
Oxford, England
A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
London, England
A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.