Sofia, Bulgaria
The Snail House
A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.
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Sofia, Bulgaria
A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.
Trondheim, Norway
At this concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Mijas, Spain
A man's curious and seriously small handmade objects from around the world.
Warrington, England
Hidden behind an industrial area, this is one of the very few such transporter bridges in existence.
Keswick, England
This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.
Silloth, England
One man and his dog, immortalized in a giant statue.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
London, England
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.
Berlin, Germany
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.
Kigali, Rwanda
One of the capital's last independent milk bars remains a crucial community watering hole.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.
Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Valletta, Malta
This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."