Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
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Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Rimini, Italy
This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Heligoland, Germany
This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Ängelholm V, Sweden
A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.
Rønne, Denmark
A whimsical sculpture garden right out of a children's storybook.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The deepest metro station in the world.
Kyiv, Ukraine
When you've got to go, you've got to go.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Lisbon, Portugal
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.