Sillamäe, Estonia
Sillamäe
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
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Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.
Burgos, Spain
The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.
Oviedo, Spain
Two large posteriors in one giant statue.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Porto, Portugal
The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Guadalajara, Spain
Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.
Lisbon, Portugal
An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.
Lisbon, Portugal
Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.
Bilbao, Spain
Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
Lahti, Finland
Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Budapest, Hungary
The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.