Potsdam, Germany
Grave of the Potato King
If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.
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Potsdam, Germany
If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.
Suomussalmi, Finland
Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.
Varel, Germany
This 165-foot water tower has been supplying the residents of Varel with drinking water for more than a century.
Zurich, Switzerland
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
London, England
You can still see bits of the camouflage used to hide this Art Deco building from bombers during World War II.
London, England
Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.
Bremen, Germany
The only microgravity tower in Europe can produce nine seconds of weightlessness.
London, England
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
London, England
This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.
London, England
The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Glasgow, Scotland
This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.
London, England
One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Winchester, England
This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.
Providence, Rhode Island
A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.
Framingham, Massachusetts
A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Potsdam, Germany
One of the largest refracting telescopes in the world, and the first built specifically for studying astrophysics.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
London, England
Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.
Vienna, Austria
Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.