Moscow, Russia
Monument to the Conquerors of Space
Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.
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Moscow, Russia
Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Munich, Germany
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Chinguetti, Mauritania
Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents
Fez, Morocco
The other side is actually green.
Fez, Morocco
The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.
Fez, Morocco
Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.
Dakar, Senegal
This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.
Nordkapp, Norway
At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.
Älvkarleby S, Sweden
Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Stockholm, Sweden
An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.