This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Carved into living stone, a beloved roadside chapel peacefully welcomes the faithful and curious alike.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A brutalist war memorial piercing through the rolling farm landscape.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

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

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

This medieval wine press is one of the oldest in Cyprus.