Victoria, Malta
The Street Shrines of Victoria
More than fifty centuries-old religious shrines hide in the walls and above the doorways of Gozo’s capital, and most visitors walk straight past them.
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Victoria, Malta
More than fifty centuries-old religious shrines hide in the walls and above the doorways of Gozo’s capital, and most visitors walk straight past them.
Budapest, Hungary
When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.
Gyumri, Armenia
It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.
Rīga, Latvia
A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Rub it for a bit of good luck.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An angel that hatched from an egg!
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
Kaunas, Lithuania
The world's first invisible city square is an homage to a man who pushed the boundaries of art.
Kaunas, Lithuania
An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.
Kaunas, Lithuania
This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Kaunas, Lithuania
The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.
Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Over 80 miniature sculptures around Uzhhorod old town that depict Transcarpathian history and culture.
Baku, Azerbaijan
The façade of Soviet Azerbaijan's state printing house is shaped like an open book, inlaid with writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphs to a Mayan calendar.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.
Nice, France
The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Not your average Bosnian cafe — this locale is dedicated to the former Yugoslav dictator Tito.
Tallinn, Estonia
This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.
Rīga, Latvia
A bare tree in Riga’s Esplanāde is transformed into an extraordinary vertical neighbourhood by scores of colourful bird nesting boxes clustered across its trunk and branches.
Bucharest, Romania
This train station's platforms were built extremely narrow to deceive a rather arrogant government official
Tokyo, Japan
A smiling guardian couple stands beside a department store, carrying folk belief into modern Shibuya