Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.