Paris, France
145 Rue Lafayette
What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.
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Paris, France
What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Zdenac, Croatia
A unique two-level bridge designed to honor a king.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Zagreb, Croatia
Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.
Trakošćan, Croatia
This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.
Ludbreg, Croatia
Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Nemoli, Italy
This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.
Padua, Italy
The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Postojna, Slovenia
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.