Lyon, France
Horloge Charvet
After decades of damage, this feat of timekeeping and automaton art has been given a new lease on life.
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Lyon, France
After decades of damage, this feat of timekeeping and automaton art has been given a new lease on life.
Berlin, Germany
Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.
Tarragona, Spain
Few symbols capture the spirit of Catalonia more vividly than its tradition of human towers.
Berlin, Germany
A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.
Bastogne, Belgium
Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"
Namur, Belgium
Where a cross marks the spot King Albert I’s body was found on 17 February 1934.
Namur, Belgium
This is a surprising Art Deco district in a city with a history dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Paris, France
A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.
Dunkerque, France
A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.
Paris, France
An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.
Dunkerque, France
A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
A small museum dedicated to mustard making inside a still-working mill.
Brussels, Belgium
This conceptual artwork might be the most disappointing attraction in Brussels.
Liège, Belgium
A stone record of five floods inside Liège’s cathedral.
Court-Saint-Étienne, Belgium
Freemasonry’s universal creed etched in limestone.
La Calamine, Belgium
This little patch of Europe remained neutral for more than a century because of a mine.
Ghent, Belgium
An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.
Modave, Belgium
The largest carved family tree in Europe is 135 square meters.
Verviers, Belgium
This statue of the Virgin and Child is said to have miraculously changed its position during the 1692 earthquake.
Theux, Belgium
Europe's longest Hornbeam tunnel.
Sankt Vith, Belgium
Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
This seemingly humble work of art—a block of limestone—conceals a daring story and an artistic tour de force.
Andenne, Belgium
Old signage above the doors of a church with an amusing backstory.
Herve, Belgium
A Belgian town divided its water supply into six troughs, each with a specific use.