Blois, France
Catherine de Medici's Chamber of Secrets
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
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Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Paris, France
What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.
Paris, France
This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.
Paris, France
Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Paris, France
Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Wimborne Minster, England
This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.
Warwickshire, England
The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Prestonpans, Scotland
The medley of artwork tells the history of this Scottish town.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.
Orkney, Scotland
A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Monmouth, Wales
The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.