Munich, Germany
Fraunhofer Refractor at the Deutsches Museum
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
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Munich, Germany
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Munich, Germany
This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.
Munich, Germany
German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.
Munich, Germany
This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.
Munich, Germany
The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
London, England
These oversized fruit sculptures honor the contributions of the Windrush generation.
London, England
A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
London, England
Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.
London, England
For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Southampton, England
Many mysteries surround these objects questioning whether they are cannonballs at all.
Rome, Italy
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.