Bratislava, Slovakia
Napoleon's Army Soldier
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
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Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Vienna, Austria
In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.
Vienna, Austria
Designed as a reminder of one of the darkest moments in Austrian history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."
London, England
This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London.
London, England
The remains of the debtor’s prison that shaped Charles Dickens’ life and writing.
London, England
Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.
England
Stone carvings celebrate the legacy of a now-defunct theatre.
London, England
Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.
London, England
These former ticket office windows in London's underground now house pocket-size parks.
London, England
Two copies of a rejected Victorian-era lamp design still stand along the Thames River.
Manchester, England
This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.
London, England
Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.
Valletta, Malta
Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.
Mġarr, Malta
These 19th-century military fortifications spanning the island of Malta now form a nice countryside hiking trail.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.