Bordeaux, France
Miroir d'eau
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
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Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Bordeaux, France
Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, France
Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.
Los Santos de Maimona, Spain
A Spanish artist builds his own castle.
Montalegre, Portugal
Local lore says the devil built this beautiful medieval bridge to help a fleeing bandit.
Lindoso, Portugal
These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Bilbao, Spain
Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.
Bilbao, Spain
This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.
Zutphen, Netherlands
Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
hajnowski, Poland
Old cabin-like homes in a rural community untouched by time are known for their vibrant and colorful window shutters.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Krakow, Poland
This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.
Krakow, Poland
Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Karpacz, Poland
This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.