Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
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Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Nevada City, California
Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.
Nevada City, California
California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.
Nevada City, California
This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Brussels, Belgium
A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.
Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
Brussels, Belgium
Known as "The Spewer," this bizarre fountain has an even stranger urban legend behind it.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
London, England
An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Bruges, Belgium
A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
Bruges, Belgium
You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Bruges, Belgium
The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.
Vienna, Virginia
A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.