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.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
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.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.