Sofia, Bulgaria
Monument to the Soviet Army
A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.
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Sofia, Bulgaria
A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.
Namibia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Namibia
Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Namibia
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
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.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Garching bei München, Germany
A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.
Waldenburg, Germany
A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.
Bremen, Germany
One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.
Xanten, Germany
These tenacious 14th-century towers defied demolition and are now a fairytale vacation rental.
Detmold, Germany
This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.
Lübeck, Germany
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Wernigerode, Germany
On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.
Xanten, Germany
Take a walk in a recreation of ancient Rome.
Nuremberg, Germany
This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.