San Lawrenz, Malta
The Azure Window and the Blue Hole
Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.
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San Lawrenz, Malta
Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Turku, Finland
A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Ottery Saint Mary, England
Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Helsingør, Denmark
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.