Berlin, Germany
Spandauer Zitadelle (Spandau Citadel)
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
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Berlin, Germany
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
Slavonice, Czechia
600 stumps, branches, and trunks of different shapes and sizes.
Prague, Czechia
This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Palermo, Italy
Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.
Palermo, Italy
This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.
Děčín, Czechia
When the river dries up, these stones start talking.
Bad Schandau, Germany
An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.
Kirnitzschtal, Germany
A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
This uniquely shaped slab of volcanic rock has been used by generations of Antarctic explorers.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Cvikov, Czechia
The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.
Turnov, Czechia
Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.
Doubice, Czechia
This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Pilsen, Czechia
Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.