Prague, Czechia
Old New Synagogue
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
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Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Koracica, Serbia
This spaceship-like Serbian monument reaches for the stars in celebration of the fallen fighters of fascism.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Budapest, Hungary
A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
New York, New York
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Giethoorn, Netherlands
This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
East Jerusalem, Israel
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Nahariya, Israel
The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Podgarić, Croatia
This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Munich, Germany
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.