Florence, Italy
The Bull of Santa Maria del Fiore
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
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Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Helsinki, Finland
Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Tallinn, Estonia
This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Tallinn, Estonia
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Oslo, Norway
The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Stockholm, Sweden
A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.
Stockholm, Sweden
This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.
Stockholm, Sweden
A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.