Marseille, France
Notre-Dame de la Garde's Nautical Ex-Voto
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
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Marseille, France
Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Hoek van Holland, Netherlands
This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
The Hague, Netherlands
A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.
The Hague, Netherlands
The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.
The Hague, Netherlands
A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.
Kilpeck, England
Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Marlborough, England
Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Tampere, Finland
The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
Helsinki, Finland
Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.