San Marino, San Marino
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The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.
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San Marino, San Marino
The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.
San Marino, San Marino
High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.
Göttingen, Germany
A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.
Göttingen, Germany
The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Leuven, Belgium
This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.
Antwerp, Belgium
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Batumi, Georgia
Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Batumi, Georgia
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.