Ypres, Belgium
Menin Gate Memorial
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
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Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Ypres, Belgium
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Antalya, Turkey
This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.
Seoul, South Korea
A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.
Nara, Japan
A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Nara, Japan
Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Kobe, Japan
Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.
Yerevan, Armenia
Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.
Yerevan, Armenia
Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.
Klagenfurt, Austria
The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.
Graz, Austria
Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.
Graz, Austria
Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Naantali, Finland
A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.
Madrid, Spain
For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.
Madrid, Spain
Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.
Madrid, Spain
Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.