Tallinn, Estonia
Epitaphs of The Cathedral of Saint Mary
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
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Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.
Georgia
A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.
Gori, Georgia
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Tbilisi, Georgia
Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.
Tbilisi, Georgia
A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Famagusta, Cyprus
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
Nicosia, Cyprus
This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.
Osijek, Croatia
A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.
Sofia, Bulgaria
"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.
Sevastopol, Ukraine
In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This enormous abstract sculpture is part jungle gym, part elaborate noise-making machine.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.