Kiruna, Sweden
Kiruna Cage Balconies
These coffin-like Brutalist balconies were inspired by a nearby mine.
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Kiruna, Sweden
These coffin-like Brutalist balconies were inspired by a nearby mine.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Plougrescant, France
A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Stelvio, Italy
One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.
Lecce, Italy
A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.
Melendugno, Italy
Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Castellana Grotte, Italy
The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Crotone, Italy
A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.
Le Castella, Italy
This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.
Stilo, Italy
A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.
Pentidattilo, Italy
A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.
Santa Caterina, Italy
The tallest statue in Italy is also one of the world's tallest statues of Jesus.
Novakovići, Montenegro
A scattered cemetery of medieval tombstones, each carved with indivdual patterns and scenes, overlooking a bright blue lake.
Kumbor, Montenegro
Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.
Lezhë, Albania
The mausoleum of a national hero of Albania is placed in a former church and mosque
Theth, Albania
Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.
Tirana, Albania
In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.
Tirana, Albania
A memorial to the atrocities of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.