Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
Serpent D'Océan
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
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Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Frensham, England
This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.
Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Rome, Italy
This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.
Aberystwyth, Wales
Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Chertsey, England
A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.
Luras, Italy
At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.
Chester, England
Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.
New York, New York
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Sydney, Australia
This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.
Alicante, Spain
Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.
Trsteno, Croatia
The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."
Lyminster, England
This carved stone slab marked the grave of a local dragon slayer, who makes a killer pie.
Giessen, Germany
An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.
Gordola, Switzerland
If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?
Athens, Greece
When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization.
Birmingham, England
A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Stockholm, Sweden
An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.