Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
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Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Bourg-la-Reine, France
The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.
Paris, France
A curious collection of locks and keys.
Paris, France
Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Paris, France
The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Arles, France
A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.
Feucht, Germany
Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Worms, Germany
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Gémenos, France
A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Sissach, Switzerland
Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.
Belfort, France
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.