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A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

The ruins of a 16th-century bridge loom over Olivença's sovereignty.

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

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.