Athens, Greece
Antikythera Mechanism
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
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Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Siġġiewi, Malta
Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Iceland
Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.
Thingvellir, Iceland
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Iceland
A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Paju, South Korea
A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Tokyo, Japan
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.