Istanbul, Turkey
Serpent Column
Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.
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Istanbul, Turkey
Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Kemer, Turkey
Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.
Kayadere, Turkey
Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Le Roeulx, Belgium
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Starcross, England
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Saint Fagans, Wales
Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.