Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
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Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Chamonix, France
Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.
Lourdes, France
Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Sultaniye Köyü, Turkey
The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.
Ypres, Belgium
In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Ypres, Belgium
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
Laakdal, Belgium
Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.
Selçuk, Turkey
The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Daqas, Tunisia
A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.
Agios Tychon, Cyprus
Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.
Famagusta, Cyprus
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
Kandy, Sri Lanka
This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.
Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.
Rochor, Sri Lanka
Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.