Madrid, Spain
Sobrino de Botin
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
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Madrid, Spain
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
Jodhpur, India
This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.
Schoharie, New York
A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.
Colmar, France
A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.
Budapest, Hungary
The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.
Szentendre, Hungary
Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.
Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.
Budapest, Hungary
How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?
Budapest, Hungary
A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.
Budapest, Hungary
Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.
Budapest, Hungary
A scene from one of Hungary's most famous novels.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Leipzig, Germany
This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
Berlin, Germany
Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.
Alqosh, Iraq
An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.
Al-Shikhan, Iraq
The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.
Erbil, Iraq
An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.