Curtea de Argeș, Romania
Curtea de Argeș Monastery
According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.
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Curtea de Argeș, Romania
According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.
Macclesfield, England
Local legend holds that if you can make it up this steep cobblestone stairway without taking a breath, you'll have wish come true.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Kyoto, Japan
Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.
Brusaporto, Italy
Acrosticism and palindromes on this randomly placed stone.
Peyrusse-le-Roc, France
The evocative ruins of a medieval village.
Toulouse, France
There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Conques, France
The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Padirac, France
This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Williamsburg, Virginia
Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
Portis, Kansas
A small-town limestone memorial to a local cartoonist and to Porky Pig, his most famous subject.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Grimsby, England
A 12th-century church that houses a dark creature.