Prague, Czechia
Gulliver Airship
What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.
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Prague, Czechia
What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Faro, Portugal
The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.
Palma, Spain
A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Paris, France
Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.
Barcelona, Spain
Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Istanbul, Turkey
The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.
Schwyz, Switzerland
The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.
Andermatt, Switzerland
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Gadmen, Switzerland
This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.
Zermatt, Switzerland
One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.