Berlin, Germany
Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
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Berlin, Germany
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Shanghai, China
This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Marseille, France
This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Foshan, China
What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?
Kampot Province, Cambodia
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
Pattaya, Thailand
Thailand museum of bottles of all shapes and sizes filled with intricate and beautiful art.
Bang Muang Mai, Thailand
This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.
Mae Klong, Thailand
Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.
Tambon Saen Suk, Thailand
Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Elvas, Portugal
This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.
Meknes, Morocco
Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.
Imlil, Morocco
A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.
Tiznit Province, Morocco
Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.