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Loethlin

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Places visited in Poland

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Places edited in Wanaka, New Zealand

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Places visited in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

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Mermaid of Warsaw

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

The Warsaw Basilisk

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Santorini, Greece

Prehistoric Town of Akrotiri

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

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Added by urvijabanerji

Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

Aika

Kea Kithnos, Greece

Lion of Kea

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

Added by mdschill

The Athens Polytechnic Monument

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

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Roman Tomb in Zara

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Aika

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Added by Sam Teicher

Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Mikonos, Greece

Terrace of the Lions

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

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Added by philoursmars

The Temple of Dionysos

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

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Tourlitis Lighthouse

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

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Added by EricGrundhauser

Royal Pavilion at Stazione Centrale

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

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Added by miramarco

Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Loggia dei Mercanti Whispering Gallery

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Added by chersil

The Bronze Ear of Casa Sola-Busca

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

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Added by woodruff

The Devil's Column

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Added by Giorgio

Lucrezia Borgia’s Love Letters

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur"

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Added by Giorgio

Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

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San Bernardino alle Ossa

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.