Trieste, Italy
Bora Trieste
The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.
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Trieste, Italy
The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.
Padua, Italy
The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Ptuj, Slovenia
The costumes depict the Kurent, the star character of the annual Kurentovanje festival.
Grožnjan, Croatia
The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.
Trakošćan, Croatia
This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.
Lisbon, Portugal
This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.
Lisbon, Portugal
This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.
Belgrade, Serbia
The unusual sculptures are believed to be powerful political symbols.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.
Osijek, Croatia
A statue of Paulina Hermann, the eccentric noblewoman known as the "mother of cats."
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.