Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Freiburg Bächle
These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Potsdam, Germany
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Olomouc, Czechia
An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Karpacz, Poland
On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.
Wrocław, Poland
Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Wrocław, Poland
In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.
Karpacz, Poland
This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.
Wrocław, Poland
A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Świdnica, Poland
This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.
Poznań, Poland
The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.
Wrocław, Poland
A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.
Wrocław, Poland
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.