Athens, Greece
Fethiye Mosque
This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.
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Athens, Greece
This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.
Athens, Greece
A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Thira, Greece
A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Gibraltar
Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Salzburg, Austria
This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.
Hallstatt, Austria
The world's oldest known salt mine.
Tal, Austria
Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Ruins of an aerial tramway that ran for only eight years.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
World's largest barrel containing an inn.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.