Gdańsk, Poland
Old Prussian Hags of Northern Pomerania
These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.
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Gdańsk, Poland
These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Krakow, Poland
Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.
Krakow, Poland
Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Krakow, Poland
Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.
Krakow, Poland
Remnants from a time before electricity.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.
Krakow, Poland
This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Tokyo, Japan
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Tokyo, Japan
An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.
Tokyo, Japan
This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."
Tokyo, Japan
Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.
Osaka, Japan
Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.
Osaka, Japan
This bathhouse includes an option to soak in radioactive water.
Osaka, Japan
A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.
Osaka, Japan
Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.
Osaka, Japan
A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.
Osaka, Japan
The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.