Barcelona, Spain
Park Güell
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
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Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Inside this mansion turned museum, the works of prominent Croatian artists are on full display.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Zagreb, Croatia
An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.
Pula, Croatia
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.
Split, Croatia
When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.
Ston, Croatia
Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.
Houston, Texas
Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Houston, Texas
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
Houston, Texas
A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Houston, Texas
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.