Rheinsberg, Germany
Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant
This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.
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Rheinsberg, Germany
This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.
Berlin, Germany
A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.
Berlin, Germany
The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.
Hibbing, Minnesota
Where one of America's greatest songwriters lived before he was Bob Dylan.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
San Diego, California
The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Gampola, Sri Lanka
An asymmetrically spiraling tower perched on top of a protected mountain.
Chisinau, Moldova
A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.
Chisinau, Moldova
Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.
London, England
Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.
Eastbourne, England
Eat and drink at a pub older than the Magna Carta
Oxford, England
This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.
Simi Valley, California
Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.
Binsey, England
This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Southampton, England
This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.
London, England
This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.
London, England
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
Adsdorf, Austria
Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.
Johannesburg, South Africa
The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.