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For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."