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The Twelve-Angled Stone

Cusco, Peru

The Twelve-Angled Stone

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Tambomachay

Cusco, Peru

Tambomachay

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

Sacsayhuamán

Cusco, Peru

Sacsayhuamán

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

The Garden of Philosophy

Budapest, Hungary

The Garden of Philosophers

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Terror Háza

Budapest, Hungary

Terror Háza

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Shoes on the Danube

Budapest, Hungary

Shoes on the Danube Promenade

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Ancient Agora, Athens

Athens, Greece

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The Bouquinistes sell vintage postcards and posters, too.

Paris, France

The Bouquinistes of Paris

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Exterior of Centre Pompidou

Paris, France

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Shakespeare And Company bookshop situated at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, in the 5th arrondissement.

Paris, France

Shakespeare and Company

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Catacombes des Paris Autumn 2018

Paris, France

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

View of the ruins of the byzantine city of Mystras with the church of Pantanassa, only one active, among trees.

Sparta, Greece

Mystras

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Magoula Cemetery

Sparta, Greece

Magoula Cemetery

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

The Churchill War Rooms

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Habitat 67

Montreal, Québec

Habitat 67

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The Lennon Wall.

Prague, Czechia

Lennon Wall

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

The Dancing House, f/k/a Fred and Ginger

Prague, Czechia

Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Palau Guell

Barcelona, Spain

Palau Güell

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Barcelona Erotic Museum

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona Erotic Museum

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

The facade of the church, still under construction.

Barcelona, Spain

Sagrada Família

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House)

Seville, Spain

Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House)

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

METROPOL PAROSOL SEVILLE SPAIN OCT. 2018

Seville, Spain

Metropol Parasol

The world's largest wooden structure.

Jesus' footprints in the basilica

Rome, Italy

The Catacombs of San Sebastian

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

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