Giverny, France
Claude Monet House and Gardens
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
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Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Middlesbrough, England
Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Saint-Nazaire, France
These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.
Bouée, France
This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Thirsk, England
England's largest white horse isn't even white.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Lucca, Italy
The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.
Varna, Bulgaria
The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.
Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Dubova, Romania
A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.