Florence, Italy
Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents)
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
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Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
London, England
The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Munich, Germany
One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.
Estella, Spain
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Dublin, Ireland
The chaotic studio of one of the 20th century's most important artists has been preserved down to the dust.
Spean Bridge, Scotland
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
Budapest, Hungary
This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.
Dresden, Germany
Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Aso, Japan
The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.
Tokyo, Japan
A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.
Tambon Tha Kradan, Thailand
A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.
Oslo, Norway
An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.