Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
Stará Bystrica Astronomical Clock
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
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Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
Čičmany, Slovakia
A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Sorano, Italy
This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.
Chiusdino, Italy
These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Bagni San Filippo, Italy
Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Venice, Italy
The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.
Chioggia, Italy
A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.
Chioggia, Italy
One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
Thale, Germany
This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.
Naantali, Finland
A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.
Turku, Finland
A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.
Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.