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Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

A spectacular walk on the flank of a gorge.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

Marvel at this immense work of art that greets arrivals to the city.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

This train station has no entrances or exits for pedestrians, and exists only to take advantage of the area’s view.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

A serene mountaintop temple complex featuring one big, bronze Buddha.

Japan’s only surviving winding tower.

This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.

Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.