Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii Thermopolium
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
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Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Salem, Massachusetts
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
Mantua, Italy
A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Pateley Bridge, England
The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Torre Annunziata, Italy
Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
A massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.
Saint-Malo, France
In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.
Plougrescant, France
A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.
Angles-sur-l'Anglin, France
Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.
Montesquieu-Avantès, France
15,000 year old bison sculptures.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France
The largest underground church in Europe.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Dresden, Germany
To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.
Halle (Saale), Germany
The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.