Soroca, Moldova
Gypsy Hill
Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.
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Soroca, Moldova
Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
Rome, Italy
Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.
Gävle, Sweden
A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.
Åtvidaberg, Sweden
In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.
Visby, Sweden
A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Did he come up with a theory of cosmic-ray showers while sitting in this bath?
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.
Visby, Sweden
Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.
Sweden
This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.
Helsinki, Finland
On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.
Riga, Latvia
This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.
Riga, Latvia
The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.
Riga, Latvia
A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.
Warsaw, Poland
Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Warsaw, Poland
One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.
Warsaw, Poland
The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.