Riga, Latvia
House of the Blackheads
The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.
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Riga, Latvia
The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.
Brest, Belarus
Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.
Pidhirtsi, Ukraine
One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.
Oxford, England
This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Burnley, England
This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.
London, England
This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.
São Miguel, Portugal
Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
La Ciotat, France
This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.
Elefsina, Greece
According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.
London, England
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.
Rome, Italy
An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
This colorfully-painted tunnel links two distinct parts of a historic neighborhood.
Ekerö V, Sweden
The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Galway, Ireland
At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.
Roccascalegna, Italy
This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.
Cambridge, England
An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.
Athens, Greece
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Tübingen, Germany
This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.