Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mont Saint-Michel
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
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Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.