Istanbul, Turkey
Vlora Hanı
An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.
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Istanbul, Turkey
An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Prague, Czechia
A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
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
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.
Budapest, Hungary
Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.
Belgrade, Serbia
The unusual sculptures are believed to be powerful political symbols.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Explore the five senses depicted on this protruding Gothic window.
Bodio, Switzerland
The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Palermo, Italy
An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.
Palermo, Italy
Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.
Palermo, Italy
This unique museum is home to over 5,000 puppets of all types.
Palermo, Italy
This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.
London, England
This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.
Mantua, Italy
Inside the small garden of two mid-century apartment buildings stands a centuries-old bell tower, separated from its original church and hidden from view.
Mantua, Italy
An architectural oddity where the triglyphs of the courtyard of walls create an optical illusion.
Mantua, Italy
A room filled with frescos that make it seem like the walls are crumbling down while giants die in despair.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
San Giovanni di Duino, Italy
Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.