Lagoudera, Cyprus
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Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.
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Lagoudera, Cyprus
Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.
Akrotiri, Cyprus
For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.
Larnaca, Cyprus
The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.
Paphos, Cyprus
The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.
Stroumpi, Cyprus
The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.
Natzwiller, France
Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.
Tillar, Arkansas
Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.
Barcelona, Spain
On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.
Mazatlán, Mexico
While walking down Mazatlan's historic boardwalk, visitors are surprised to find their ocean view interrupted by a gateway to hell.
Jökulsárgljúfur, Iceland
Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.
Barcelona, Spain
Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Down-home Arkansas comfort food comes with a side of American pop culture kitsch.
Brooklyn, New York
“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Nice, France
The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.
Valencia, Spain
Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Hamden, Connecticut
Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.
Telouet, Morocco
A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.
Budapest, Hungary
This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Murshidabad, India
Known as the "Traitor's Gate."