Paris, France
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This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.
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Paris, France
This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.
Paris, France
The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.
Paris, France
The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.
Nordkapp, Norway
This beloved wartime mascot has been honored with not just one, but two statues.
Cavite City, Philippines
The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.
Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
This statue honors the Philippine warrior who repelled a foreign invader and prevented Ferdinand Magellan from circumnavigating the globe.
Shibli, Israel
This dome-shaped mountain boasts amazing views and has a rich religious history.
Cotonou, Benin
The 100-foot-tall (30-meter) bronze statue was built to recognize the world's only documented all-female army.
Paro, Bhutan
The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.
Jingzhou, China
China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.
Hong Kong
This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Itter, Austria
German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.
Strasbourg, France
A remnant of the Franco-Prussian War, lodged in the city's walls.
Wellsville, Kansas
Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Meath, Ireland
This center tells the story of one of the most famous battles in Irish history.
Chinook, Montana
This remote Montana battlefield is the site of the Nez Perce Flight of 1877.
Battle, England
This modern artwork, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, tells Battle's early history following the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest.
Warsaw, Poland
This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
Paris, France
For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.
London, England
This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.