Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Spitzhäuschen
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
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Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Mörsdorf, Germany
Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
Reims, France
This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.
Reims, France
Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Dijon, France
For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Echternach, Luxembourg
In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.
Dublin, Ireland
This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.
Manazan, Turkey
Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.
Hong Kong
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Valletta, Malta
This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.