Copenhagen, Denmark
Jens Olsen's World Clock
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.
Chornobyl, Ukraine
The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Prypiat, now long-abandoned.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Seattle, Washington
With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
This bullfrog grew to an alleged weight of 42 pounds on a diet of whiskey, baked beans, and June bugs.
Petite-Rivière-de-l'Ile, New Brunswick
Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Saint Paul, Minnesota
An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.