Gothenburg, Sweden
Old Police Station at Slottsskogen
The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.
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Gothenburg, Sweden
The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.
Dresden, Germany
Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Coventry, England
A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.
Muscat, Oman
This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.
Yarraville, Australia
The artwork celebrates Trugo, a odd yet beloved local sport played only around Melbourne.
Herrnbaumgarten, Austria
The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Woomera, Australia
Bomb tests and sheep ranchers share the world's largest military land base.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Leuven, Belgium
A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.
Leuven, Belgium
The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.
Berlin, Germany
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Göttingen, Germany
The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.