Venice, Italy
The Mad Colored Houses of Burano
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
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Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Berlin, Germany
An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.
Berlin, Germany
This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.
Leverkusen, Germany
Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.
Lübbenau/Spreewald, Germany
A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.
Berlin, Germany
Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Berlin, Germany
A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.
Chiemsee, Germany
Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Berlin, Germany
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
Dresden, Germany
In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Berlin, Germany
A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Berlin, Germany
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.