Orissaare, Estonia
Orissaare Oak
Legend has it that not even Stalin could pull down the 2015 European Tree of the Year.
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Orissaare, Estonia
Legend has it that not even Stalin could pull down the 2015 European Tree of the Year.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Wrocław, Poland
A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.
Leffrinckoucke, France
These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.
England
A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.
Leuven, Belgium
A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.
De Haan, Belgium
An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.
Stekene, Belgium
Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.
Chaudfontaine, Belgium
Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Bassenge, Belgium
A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany
A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.
Reutlingen, Germany
The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Sasbachwalden, Germany
You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.