Aulendorf, Germany
Skeletons of St. Martin Church
Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.
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Aulendorf, Germany
Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.
Blumberg, Germany
A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.
Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany
A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
Lindau, Germany
A lakeside footbridge that records Nobel Prize laureates' names in metal silhouette.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A museum dedicated to the history of the diamond trade in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam School landmark combining a museum and social housing.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A wonderland of oil paintings by a self-taught artist who collaborates with Imagine Dragons—hidden in a 17th-century building near the Rembrandt House.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
These public toilets also provide entertainment for visitors to Amsterdam’s Red Light District.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The facade of this bank has changed little over the centuries, including its unique welcome sign.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This plaque marks the former home of one of the first women physicians in the Netherlands.
Ekerö V, Sweden
The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Stockholm, Sweden
Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Rome, Italy
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world’s largest street art museum.