In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

Just one of the Italian corridors vying for the title of the country's narrowest.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Only three columns survive from this ancient temple in the town of Cori.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.