Warsaw, Poland
Gallery of Medieval Art
One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
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Warsaw, Poland
One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
Warsaw, Poland
This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Warsaw, Poland
Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Leeds, England
In a small courtyard resides this large mural that draws inspiration from Leeds and its history.
Leeds, England
This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.
Leeds, England
The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.
Leeds, England
Winner of the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
London, England
A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
St Helier, Jersey
A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Oranienburg, Germany
The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.
Tartu, Estonia
Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.
Tartu, Estonia
First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.
Helsinki, Finland
This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.
Helsinki, Finland
Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.