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This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.