Prague, Czechia
Man Hanging Out
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
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Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Egeo, Greece
Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.
Livadia, Greece
This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Lasithi, Greece
This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
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.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.