Paris, France
Le Stryge
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.
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Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.
Paris, France
A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Assaka, Morocco
Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.
Marrakesh, Morocco
This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.
Stockholm, Sweden
This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Tintern, Wales
This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales
During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Stoke-on-Trent, England
An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."