Amsterdam, Netherlands
Red Light Secrets
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Florence, Italy
A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.
Rome, Italy
An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.
Vatican City
The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.
Vatican City
These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.
Marrakesh, Morocco
This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.
Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.
Fez, Morocco
Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.
Casablanca, Morocco
An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.
Gibraltar
Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
Gibraltar
There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.
Gibraltar
Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar
Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.
Gibraltar
Many of the tombs contain victims of yellow fever epidemics.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Oban, Scotland
Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Tiroran, Scotland
On a corner of the Ardmeanach peninsula on the Isle of Mull, a 50 million-year-old fossil tree hides in the coastal cliffs.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Grímsnes og Grafningshreppur, Iceland
This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Reykholt, Iceland
Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.