Paris, France
Paris Padlocks of Love
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
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Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Oberwesel, Germany
Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.
Xiva, Uzbekistan
Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Waimes, Belgium
The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.
Belgium
Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Reims, France
This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Lyon, France
A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.
Lyon, France
This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Lyon, France
Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Bastogne, Belgium
Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.