Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
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Athens, Greece
Old Madrasa of Athens
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Athens, Greece
Tower of the Winds
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos (Panagia Speliotissa)
An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.
Wrocław, Poland
Monument In Honor of the Slaughtered Animals
In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.
Wrocław, Poland
Wroclaw Dwarves
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.
Wrocław, Poland
The Train to Heaven
A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.
Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
Moro Rock
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Rottnest Island, Australia
Wadjemup Lighthouse
Ships still use this historic lighthouse to navigate dangerous, island waters.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.
Singapore
Gardens by the Bay
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
'Planet'
A giant baby floats in the middle of Singapore’s nature park.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
Statue of Loreley
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Oberwesel, Germany
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein
Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet
This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Coin Cabinet
One of the largest numismatic collections in Europe fell victim to a huge theft.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
Book Burning Memorial
An empty bookshelf commemorates the books which were lost during the infamous event
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Wall Memorial
The largest stretch of the Berlin Wall is right on top of the former SS headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
