Kutna Hora, Czechia
Sedlec Ossuary ‘Bone Church’
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
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Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Meyrin, Switzerland
The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
Bodio, Switzerland
The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.
Leuk, Switzerland
A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Marousi, Greece
What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Arcadia, Greece
Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Moscow, Russia
This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.
Yakutsk, Russia
The coldest city in the world.
Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.
Harlingen, Netherlands
Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.
Bourtange, Netherlands
This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.
Paris, France
An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
North Pontianak, Indonesia
This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.
Rajabasa, Indonesia
The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.