Minsk, Belarus
National Library of Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
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Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
Lahoisk District, Belarus
A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.
Minsk, Belarus
A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.
Minsk, Belarus
Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.
Treblinka, Poland
A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.
Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Pniewo, Poland
What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.
Kazan, Russia
Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.
Świebodzin, Poland
This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Słubice, Poland
The first, and perhaps only, monument dedicated to Wikipedia.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Castellón, Spain
A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.
Torrevieja, Spain
Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.
Argelaguer, Spain
Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.
Ribadavia, Spain
A pastry shop specializing in Sephardic sweets serves historic recipes in Ribadavia’s Jewish quarter.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
Figueres, Spain
This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.
Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain
Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.
Condom, France
See and taste one of the oldest and rarest collections of Armagnacs in the world.
Le Château-d'Olonne, France
This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Once the longest swing bridge in Europe.