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This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

This medieval oratory decorated in magnificent frescos was constructed after Charlemagne received a vision.

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

Dine on Hakka dishes at a dreamy cottage nestled in the heart of Taipei.

A preserved segment of the old irrigation canal recalls Taipei’s history as a “Water City.”

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

This cabinet of curiosities contains many special and fantastical objects from around the world.

A series of mysterious metal artwork adorn this harbor walkway.

This 19th-century tea factory turned hotel showcases restored machinery from the era.

One of the last soy sauce-makers in Hong Kong has been in the artisanal condiment business since 1917.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

A forgotten hiker’s lodge, now reclaimed by the forest, with its chimney standing as a lone sentinel of the past.