Krakow, Poland
The Bones of the Wawel Dragon
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
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Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.
Vis, Croatia
Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Aswan, Egypt
The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
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.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Paris, France
Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.