Berlin, Germany
Bridge of Spies
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Goslar, Germany
Goslar Nail Head
This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.
Hanover, Germany
Marktkirche
Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.
Schwerin, Germany
Henry the Lion Monument
A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.
Potsdam, Germany
Sanssouci Palace
The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.
Lübeck, Germany
Astronomical Clock at St. Mary's Church
A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.
Lübeck, Germany
Half Tower
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Lübeck, Germany
Danse Macabre Stained Glass
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
Lübeck, Germany
The Broken Bells of St. Mary's
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Quedlinburg, Germany
Quedlinburg Abbey
The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Karl Marx Monument
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
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Prague, Czechia
Saint Michael's Church
This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.
Prague, Czechia
Defenestration of Prague Window
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
Jan Palach Memorial
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Prague, Czechia
Statue of King Wenceslas Riding an Upside-Down Dead Horse
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Olšany Cemetery
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Lohheide, Germany
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Oviedo, Spain
Culis Monumentalibus
Two large posteriors in one giant statue.
Madrid, Spain
Kilometre Zero
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Bilbao, Spain
Jeff Koons' Puppy
Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.
A Coruña, Spain
Tower of Hercules
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.
Salamanca, Spain
Cathedral of Salamanca's Astronaut
The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.
Madrid, Spain
'La Plaza de la Luna'
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.
Malaga, Spain
Crypt of Santa Maria de la Victoria
Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.
