London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
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London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.