Bratislava, Slovakia
Cumil the Sewer Worker
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
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Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Vienna, Austria
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
Lexington, Virginia
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
Washington, D.C.
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Clearwater, Florida
This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.
Santa Clara, Cuba
This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Skipton, England
This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.