Brussels, Belgium
Jeanneke Pis
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
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Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Alexandria, Minnesota
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
International Falls, Minnesota
Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.
Baudette, Minnesota
The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.
New York, New York
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
Ypres, Belgium
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Bruges, Belgium
A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
Bruges, Belgium
You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Couvin, Belgium
This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.
Schiphol, Netherlands
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.
Oslo, Norway
In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.
Tehran, Iran
One of the world's largest shopping malls covers an area of 15 million square feet—and it's still set to grow.
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.
Glasgow, Scotland
One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
An abandoned shipping control tower looks like a satellite perched at the end of a pier.
Zurich, Switzerland
Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.