Birmingham, England
Needless Alley
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
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Birmingham, England
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
Birmingham, England
The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.
Birmingham, England
A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Brno, Czechia
This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.
Brno, Czechia
This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.
Brno, Czechia
A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.
Brno, Czechia
A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Leipzig, Germany
One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
West Hollywood, California
An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Iceland
This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.