Bassenge, Belgium
Fort Eben-Emael
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
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Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Salzburg, Austria
The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.
Slovenia
Thousands of medieval skeletons lie just beneath Kranj’s main square.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Vrbice, Czechia
A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.
Prague, Czechia
According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.
Prague, Czechia
This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Prague, Czechia
A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.
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
Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Prague, Czechia
The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Praha 1, Czechia
Spitfire airplanes with butterfly wings hover over Prague’s skyline.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Dresden, Germany
A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.