Rome, Italy
Santa Maria sopra Minerva Flood Markers
Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
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Rome, Italy
Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.
Washington, D.C.
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.
Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
Florence, Italy
The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.
Prague, Czechia
This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.
Florence, Italy
Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.
Tokyo, Japan
A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.
Chadron, Nebraska
This Great Plains museum pays tribute to both the prosperity and tragedy of the North American fur trade.
Silea, Italy
A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.
Brooklyn, New York
This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
Ravenna, Italy
A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.
Ravenna, Italy
Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.
Ravenna, Italy
An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
London, England
Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.
Venice, Italy
A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.