Budapest, Hungary
Memento Park
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
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Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Belchite, Spain
A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”
Cuenca, Spain
Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.
Malaga, Spain
This Moorish fortress has guarded Málaga from the slopes of Gibralfaro hill for nearly a thousand years.
Malaga, Spain
The gardens and chambers of this Moorish citadel conjure memories of the Alhambra.
Cádiz, Spain
The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.
Mérida, Spain
A Roman bridge closed to car traffic in the 1990s now open to foot traffic.
Cáceres, Spain
The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.
Pinofranqueado, Spain
Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.
Zamora, Spain
Maybe the most iconic character in the Easter (Holy Week) processions in Zamora.
Yeres, Spain
Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
Lugo, Spain
Remarkably intact Roman stone fortifications have encircled this Spanish city for centuries.
Zaragoza, Spain
This amazing cathedral was built on the site of the first Marian shrine in Spain and is important to Spanish speakers the world over
Teboursouk, Tunisia
The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.
Tunis, Tunisia
The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.
Kairouan, Tunisia
Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.
Kairouan, Tunisia
This grand hydraulic installation has provided water for townspeople since the Middle Ages.
El Jem, Tunisia
The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.
Salzburg, Austria
The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.
Zagreb, Croatia
A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.