Edinburgh, Scotland
Holyrood Abbey Ruins
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.
Agion Oros, Greece
An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Lampedusa e Linosa, Italy
Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.
Pantelleria, Italy
This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.
Gubbio, Italy
The largest known wine barrel of the medieval era is visible from the street in Gubbio.
London, England
A tribute to an 18th-century British surveyor.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Budapest, Hungary
A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.
Budapest, Hungary
A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.
Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy
This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.
Nemoli, Italy
This small but lovely sinkhole lake is the last remnant of a great prehistoric water basin.
Lambholm, Scotland
This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Cádiz, Spain
The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.
South Africa
A million years ago, our ancient ancestors were cooking with fire in this cave.
Syracuse, Italy
According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.
Campobello di Mazara, Italy
The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.
Trapani, Italy
The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.
Lemnos, Greece
A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.
Athens, Greece
Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.
Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.