Antwerp, Belgium
Kulminator
To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”
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Antwerp, Belgium
To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”
Antwerp, Belgium
This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.
Antwerp, Belgium
The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Brussels, Belgium
This enormous steel tube is the biggest speaking horn in the world.
Brussels, Belgium
This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.
Juneau, Alaska
Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.
Austin, Texas
A synth musician's paradise at the heart of a community responsible for the soundtrack to 'Stranger Things.'
Austin, Texas
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
Rome, Italy
This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.
Larache, Morocco
A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
Shkodër, Albania
According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.
Berlin, Germany
Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
Berlin, Germany
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
González Catán, Argentina
An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Athens, Greece
A unique housing complex born from the aftermath of the Greek Civil War.
Athens, Greece
This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.