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A stone tower with brown pointed roof surveys a mountainous valley

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Schloss Vaduz

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

Monument to the Latvian Riflemen

Riga, Latvia

Monument to the Latvian Riflemen

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

Detail on the back of the Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

Riga, Latvia

Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

Cobblestone Footpath

Culross, Scotland

Cobblestone Footpath

The raised stones in the middle of this road through Culross are relics of a 17th-century class divide.

Column of Marcian

Istanbul, Turkey

Column of Marcian

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

Grave of the Unknown Climber

Zermatt, Switzerland

Mountaineers' Cemetery

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.

Glykon statue

Constanța, Romania

Glykon

An ancient Roman snake god, carved expertly into stone.

L'église de Saint-Salvayre

Alet-les-Bains, France

L'église de Saint-Salvayre

This mysterious church sits discreetly above the Aude countryside, right in the heart of "Grail Country."

Ascend the grand staircase.

Bucharest, Romania

The House of Ceaușescu

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

the outside is in a pretty good condition

Boltaşlı, Cyprus

Panagia Kanakaria

This abandoned church was the site of one of the biggest art heists of the past decades.

Gate of the Sun

Tiwanaku, Bolivia

Tiwanaku

Over a millennium ago, this site on the shores of Lake Titicaca was home to a city of more than 10,000 people.

Stock up on plantains, available in varying degrees of ripeness.

Paris, France

Marché Dejean

Peruse produce from Senegal, Cameroon, and other West African nations at this sprawling market.

Grilled pork trotters are one of the staples here.

Paris, France

Au Pied de Cochon

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Humble pot-au-feu is considered one of definitive staples of French cuisine.

Paris, France

Bouillon Chartier

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

The original location of this Asian grocery chain is an institution.

Paris, France

Tang Frères

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

This hairdressing salon has been in business for more than 100 years.

Madrid, Spain

Peluquería Vallejo

At this century-old barbershop, clients used to be entertained with a glass of brandy and a cigar.

Baptismal Pool

Subaytilah, Tunisia

Baptismal Pool

A superb Paleo-Christian baptismal pool is preserved among the ruins of ancient Sufetula.

Umayyad Mosque courtyard

Damascus, Syria

Umayyad Mosque

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.

Rinoceronte

Brescia, Italy

Rinoceronte di Piazza Vittoria

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

Castello di Poppi

Poppi, Italy

Castello di Poppi

During World War II, a number of important sculptures and paintings were moved to this castle for safekeeping.

Replica of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti

Rome, Italy

'Res Gestae Divi Augusti' ('The Deeds of the Divine Augustus')

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

The mosaics.

Ravenna, Italy

Arian Baptistry

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

The plaques on the side of the church.

Rome, Italy

Santa Maria sopra Minerva Flood Markers

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

Antoninus and Faustina Temple

Rome, Italy

Antoninus and Faustina Temple

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

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