Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Antwerp, Belgium
Hand of Druon Antigoon
The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.
Antwerp, Belgium
Het Bootje (The Little Boat)
The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.
Reno, Nevada
Airmail Arrow
A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.
Washoe County, Nevada
Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Paris, France
Centre Pompidou
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Luray, Virginia
The Great Stalacpipe Organ
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard Bridge Smoot Measurements
In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
Ottawa, Ontario
The Diefenbunker
Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.
Stockholm, Sweden
Östermalm Echo Dome
Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.
Stockholm, Sweden
Olof Palme Memorial Plaque
A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.
Stockholm, Sweden
'Hemlös räv' ('Rag and Bone')
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Freetown Christiania
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Paris, France
Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche
The narrowest street in Paris.
Paris, France
Paris Space Invaders
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Vienna, Austria
Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Vienna, Austria
Café Sperl
Royals, rebels, and artists have all conversed at this grand 19th-century Viennese coffee house.
Prague, Czechia
The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Waag
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
City Hall Urinal
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oudekerksplein
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
In’t Aepjen
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
London, England
Temple of Mithras
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
Chester, England
Chester Rows
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
