Valletta, Malta
Valletta Tunnels
A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.
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Valletta, Malta
A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.
San Lawrenz, Malta
Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
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.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Marseille, France
This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Colmar, France
The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Nottingham, England
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Worksop, England
English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Bremen, Germany
A spitting ode to a German serial killer.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Kaunas, Lithuania
The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
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.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.