Le Château-d'Olonne, France
Le Puits d'Enfer (The Well of Hell)
This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.
Places I've been
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Le Château-d'Olonne, France
This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Lefkoşa, Cyprus
The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.
Isthmia, Greece
A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.
Min Kun, Myanmar
This magnificent white pagoda was constructed to resemble a sacred Buddhist mountain.
Tende, France
Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.
Meknes, Morocco
The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.
Riga, Latvia
This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.
Odessa, Ukraine
Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.
Iceland
In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.
Jääkäri, Finland
These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Varanasi, India
Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.
Tournai, Belgium
After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.
Quispicanchi, Peru
The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.
Shanghai, China
An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.
Xagħra, Malta
These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.
Charleroi, Belgium
This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.
Riga, Latvia
The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.
Pidhirtsi, Ukraine
One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.
Minsk, Belarus
Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.