Paju, South Korea
Odusan Unification Observatory
The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.
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Paju, South Korea
The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.
Berlin, Germany
The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.
Berlin, Germany
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Berlin, Germany
When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Berlin, Germany
This little museum is making sure that the art and history of the graffiti sticker is not scraped from history.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Berlin, Germany
Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Zadar, Croatia
The medieval ferry service has been going strong since the 14th century.
Croatia
A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.
Podoštra, Croatia
Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.
Brištane, Croatia
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.
Antarctica
These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.
Antarctica
The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Antarctica
Considered the most remote point in the entire world.
Antarctica
These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.