Potsdam, Germany
Griebnitzsee Rauchschwalben (Griebnitzsee Station Swallows)
A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.
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Potsdam, Germany
A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Králíky, Czechia
Witness to Nazi occupation, this bunker has managed to soldier on to this day.
Loštice, Czechia
This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Gliwice, Poland
Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.
Hornberg, Germany
A unique showroom for bathroom fixtures featuring a giant toilet observation deck.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Basel, Switzerland
This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Błędów, Poland
People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.
Olomouc, Czechia
This almost a century old piece of architecture had been overlooked by most, except for the drunk and the homeless
Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechia
The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.
Olomouc, Czechia
An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.
Prague, Czechia
A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Prague, Czechia
Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.