Helfaut, France
La Coupole
This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.
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Helfaut, France
This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.
Sollacaro, France
This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Lovagny, France
A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.
Naours, France
A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Hyder, Alaska
The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.
Bowenfels, Australia
Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.
Sydney, Australia
A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.
Manly, Australia
The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Millers Point, Australia
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Fraser Island, Australia
The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.
Te Araroa, New Zealand
This great Pōhutukawa tree is believed to be the largest and oldest of its kind in the world.
Invercargill, New Zealand
A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.
Stewart Island / Rakiura, New Zealand
A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.
Wellington, New Zealand
A winding staircase that appears to lead to nowhere is actually a diving platform into the Wellington Harbour.
Wellington, New Zealand
Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.
Napier, New Zealand
The highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world.
Ohakune, New Zealand
The largest model carrot in the world.