Rochefort, Belgium
‘Arc Majeur’ by Bernard Venet
This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.
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Rochefort, Belgium
This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.
Laakdal, Belgium
Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.
Andělská Hora, Czechia
This ruined castle perched atop a rocky peak is a great place for a hike.
Oxford, England
The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.
Birmingham, England
A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.
Oxford, England
A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.
Prague, Czechia
According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.
Prague, Czechia
The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.
Holubice, Czechia
A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Olomouc, Czechia
Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.
Olomouc, Czechia
An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Olomouc, Czechia
A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.
Loštice, Czechia
This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Prague, Czechia
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A reconstructed World War I-era communications array that was once hidden in plain sight.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Not many houses move across borders, this one did it twice.
Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
This building once stood at the center of a butter war.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.