Montignac, France
Cave of Lascaux
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
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Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This factory dominated the Swedish market, and is now a historic site.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A devilish mask still mocks a king’s rumored love nest across the street.
Trollhättan, Sweden
A mosaic tribute to a hitchhiking cat turned national celebrity.
Birka, Sweden
Sweden's first Viking city is also the site of thousands of burial mounds.
Visby, Sweden
A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Gyeongju, South Korea
An early Korean refrigerator.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.
Seoul, South Korea
The supreme shrine of the state.
Gyeongju, South Korea
Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.
Sirang-ri, South Korea
One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.
Itaewon-ro, South Korea
Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.
Seogwipo, South Korea
South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.
Seoul, South Korea
A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.
Rome, Italy
This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
Rome, Italy
The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.
Rome, Italy
An oasis of beauty, tranquility and botanical research in the middle of Rome.
Falun, Sweden
A centuries-old copper mine that once provided two thirds of the world's copper supply.
Västerås, Sweden
Unfortunately, you can no longer spend a night in this single-person treetop hotel.
Uppsala, Sweden
The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.