Cahors, France
Pont Valentre
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
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Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Padirac, France
This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.
Rocamadour, France
This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.
Saint-Front-sur-Lémance, France
A bizarre sculpture garden in the south of France.
Les Eyzies, France
Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Corfu, Greece
The history of Greece is illustrated through banknotes.
Rome, Italy
An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.
Rome, Italy
The Pope’s secret escape route.
Rome, Italy
Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.
Rome, Italy
The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.
Rome, Italy
The charred, dead skeleton of an oak tree is said to have consoled a dying 16th-century Italian poet.
Rome, Italy
When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.
Larmor-Baden, France
One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.
Paris, France
This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.
Brooklyn, New York
The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.
Beverly Hills, California
A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.
Beverly Hills, California
One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.
Beverly Hills, California
Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.
Beverly Hills, California
The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of only three examples of a stained glass window manufactured by the Tiffany Company in Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.