Sofia, Bulgaria
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.
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Sofia, Bulgaria
A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.
Shipka, Bulgaria
A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Salisbury, England
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Bath, England
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.