Zaandam, Netherlands
The Clog Museum
A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.
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Zaandam, Netherlands
A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.
Madrid, Spain
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Madrid, Spain
This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."
Barcelona, Spain
A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.
Seville, Spain
A 16th-century Andalusian palace.
Barcelona, Spain
The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain
Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Sitges, Spain
Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.
Antequera, Spain
Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Winkel, Netherlands
This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Ghent, Belgium
Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Barcelona, Spain
A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.
Barcelona, Spain
This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.
Madrid, Spain
A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Barcelona, Spain
This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.