Akrotiri, Cyprus
Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Cats
For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.
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Akrotiri, Cyprus
For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.
Bangkok, Thailand
A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.
Burlington, Iowa
While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.
José María Morelos, Mexico
Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.
Kediri, Indonesia
Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.
Tholey, Germany
Germany’s oldest monastery has origins dating back to the 7th century.
Michamvi, Tanzania
Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.
Janakpur, Nepal
An enormous white temple that honors the birthplace of a Hindu goddess.
Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
Greeneville, Tennessee
A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.
Southampton, England
Many mysteries surround these objects questioning whether they are cannonballs at all.
Paris, France
A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.
Naarden, Netherlands
The Siege of Naarden ended in 1814, but the cannonballs embedded in the town church remain.
Norfolk, Virginia
This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.
Stockholm, Sweden
Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.
Prague, Czechia
The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.
Birmingham, England
This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
London, England
This site was once home to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Victoria, Malta
These clocks tell time in a theological sense.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
This ancient Roman town was revered for the healing waters of its sacred spring.