Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
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Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Gnosjö S, Sweden
The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Sweden
Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.
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.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Gothenburg, Sweden
The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.