Madrid, Spain
Sobrino de Botin
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
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Madrid, Spain
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Honfleur, France
One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Verona, Italy
Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Collodi, Italy
The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.
Florence, Italy
Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Lecce, Italy
A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.