Kalundborg, Denmark
Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady)
Five matching towers make this church unique. Legend credits a troll.
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Kalundborg, Denmark
Five matching towers make this church unique. Legend credits a troll.
Çanakkale, Turkey
The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.
Kisiljevo, Serbia
The final resting place of one of the first alleged vampires.
Rochester, New York
The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.
Huancavelica Province, Peru
Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”
Arlington, Texas
Fans are known to leave tributes to these two brothers, both heavy-metal legends.
Potsdam, Germany
One of the few Tudor palaces in Germany, which hosted a historic WWII meeting.
Nukus, Uzbekistan
The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.
Favignana, Italy
One of the largest tuna factories in the Mediterranean now serves as a museum honoring Sicily's history of bluefin tuna hunting.
Singapore
Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.
Zhongzheng District, Taiwan
The official flag of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.
Corseaux, Switzerland
The famed architect's minimalist home for his parents stands as a blueprint for his later architectural marvels.
Turkey
Resting place and mausoleum of the founder and first president of Turkey.
Kostol, Serbia
The remnants of what was once the longest bridge in the world.
Maaloula, Syria
A historic sanctuary in the last refuge of the Aramaic language.
Bani, Dominican Republic
Weathered remnants of a coastal saltworks.
Saint-Malo, France
This 18th-century pirates lair has been transformed into a museum and luxury event space.
Saumur, France
A subterranean museum where mushrooms still grow in the tunnels of a centuries-old quarry.
Paris, France
A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.
Dunkerque, France
A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.
Speyer, Germany
Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.
Sölden, Austria
A mountaintop museum of Bond props, sets, and cinematic secrets.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The first hospital in the New World.
Bethlehem
This subterranean chapel is said to be where the Holy Family sought refuge before fleeing to Egypt.