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Pompeii, Italy
Thermopolia of Pompeii
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
40.7507, 14.4841
Vatican City
Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
41.9065, 12.4534
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
51.5424, -0.1477
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
51.4966, -0.1765
Rome, Italy
The Catacombs of San Sebastian
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
41.8559, 12.5163
Paris, France
Centre Pompidou
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
48.8606, 2.3526
Barcelona, Spain
Sagrada FamÃlia
Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
41.4036, 2.1744
Paris, France
Musée des Arts et Métiers
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
48.8666, 2.3555
Paris, France
Musée de la Vie Romantique
Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.
48.8812, 2.3334
Paris, France
Musée des Egouts (Paris Museum of Sewers)
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
48.8629, 2.3017
Paris, France
Musée de la Prefecture de Police
A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.
48.8493, 2.3486
Paris, France
Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.
48.8417, 2.3564
Paris, France
The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
48.8422, 2.3563
Paris, France
'Tower'
This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.
48.8459, 2.3156
Paris, France
Argonaute Submarine
The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.
48.8936, 2.3898
Creissels, France
Millau Viaduct
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
44.0775, 3.0228
Bordeaux, France
Miroir d'eau
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
44.8412, -0.5705
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
Futuroscope
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
46.6699, 0.3698
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