Bominaco, Italy
Oratory of San Pellegrino
This medieval oratory decorated in magnificent frescos was constructed after Charlemagne received a vision.
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Bominaco, Italy
This medieval oratory decorated in magnificent frescos was constructed after Charlemagne received a vision.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
Ribariće, Serbia
This fresco-covered medieval monastery hangs from the side of a steep cliff.
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.
Bouziès, France
The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.
Colchester, England
Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands
This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.
Torre del Greco, Italy
The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.
Radovljica, Slovenia
Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.
Bač, Serbia
A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.
Milanovac, Serbia
Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.
Topola, Serbia
The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.
Porto, Portugal
A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Wiltshire, England
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Ayr, Scotland
This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.
Pompeii, Italy
This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.
Despotovac, Serbia
This 15th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery also contained a school for illuminating manuscripts.
Berlin, Germany
Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Montrichard Val de Cher, France
Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.