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England

Dennis Severs' House

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
London, England

Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England

Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre
Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
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Rotterdam, Netherlands

Paul McCarthy's 'Santa Claus'

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Utrecht, Netherlands

Rietveld-Schröder House

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
miramarco Added by miramarco
Kinderdijk, Netherlands

Windmills of Kinderdijk

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Shelley Rickey Added by Shelley Rickey
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cube Houses

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Added by Sylvester
Leuven, Belgium

'Totem'

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Brussels, Belgium

Jeanneke Pis

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
chelseadeptula Added by chelseadeptula
Brussels, Belgium

Zinneke Pis

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
cmzalenski Added by cmzalenski
Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Brussels, Belgium

Mini-Europe

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
anhie Added by anhie
Brussels, Belgium

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Pompeii, Italy

The Brothels of Pompeii

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Pompeii, Italy

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Berlin, Germany

Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Nuremberg, Germany

The Kongresshalle, Nuremberg

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
emdrichardson Added by emdrichardson
Potsdam, Germany

Alexandrowka

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Nuremberg, Germany

Nuremberg Castle

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Munich, Germany

Viscardigasse

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
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Berchtesgaden, Germany

The Eagle's Nest

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer