Sevelen, Switzerland
Alte Rheinbrücke (Old Rhine Bridge)
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
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Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
Stockholm, Sweden
An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.
Stockholm, Sweden
Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.
Karabağ Köyü, Turkey
This ancient abandoned church in a remote part of Turkey is in danger of falling over.
Timișoara, Romania
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Wulumuqi Shi, China
These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.
Qinhuangdao Shi, China
Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Chinguetti, Mauritania
Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents
Borshchivs'kyi district, Ukraine
A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.
Kandy, Sri Lanka
A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.
Chennai, India
This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.
Uppsala, Sweden
This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.
Tende, France
Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.
Kumi, Uganda
Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.
Argentina
Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.
Bantimurung, Indonesia
These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.
Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Ribadesella, Spain
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.
Asturias, Spain
See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.