Ypres, Belgium
Menin Gate Memorial
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
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Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Colmar, France
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Strand, Norway
This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Innsbruck, Austria
Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Lucca, Italy
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Arles, France
This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.
Beaconsfield, England
The world's oldest model village.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
London, England
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.