Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
Douaumont Ossuary
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
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Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Lucca, Italy
The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Orp-Jauche, Belgium
Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.
Havana, Cuba
His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Brussels, Belgium
Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
Vienna, Austria
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
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.
Milan, Italy
Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.