Porto, Portugal
Livraria Lello
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
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Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Porto, Portugal
The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Tisbury, England
Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.
Swindon, England
This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.