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A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.