Norresundby, Denmark
Lindholm Høje
This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.
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Norresundby, Denmark
This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.
Varaždin, Croatia
Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.
Turanj, Croatia
This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.
Rijeka, Croatia
This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.
Ludbreg, Croatia
Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.
Grožnjan, Croatia
The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.
Zrenj, Croatia
Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.
Vukovar, Croatia
Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.
Antwerp, Belgium
Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
Waimes, Belgium
The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.
Herentals, Belgium
This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.
Blegny, Belgium
Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.
De Haan, Belgium
An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium
Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.
Liège, Belgium
This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.
Mons, Belgium
A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.