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This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.