Halle, Belgium
The Blue Forest
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
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Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
Shetland Islands, Scotland
The recurring nature of this geographic feature might make it unique in the world.
Obihiro, Japan
This station on an abandoned railway line, named for “happiness,” is still a popular destination for lovers.
Budapest, Hungary
The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.
Budapest, Hungary
A scene from one of Hungary's most famous novels.
Budapest, Hungary
A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.
Budapest, Hungary
A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.
Harbin, China
An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Réunion
At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.
Mauritius
Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.
Cape Town, South Africa
From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.
Cape Town, South Africa
A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.
Hermanus, South Africa
The world’s most biodiverse place when it comes to plants.
Dublin, Ireland
Honoring the Guinness brewer whose quest for the perfect pint led to the creation of the t-test, a cornerstone of modern statistics.
Dublin, Ireland
The graffiti that birthed modern algebra.
Leiden, Netherlands
One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
Scotland's claim to the prime meridian was laid 200 years prior to the one in Greenwich.