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A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.

A unique park tells the geological history of Belarus in a national “map” of thousands of boulders and blue spruce.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.