Province of Matera, Italy
The Village of Craco
An Italian hillside ghost town.
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Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Rome, Italy
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Florence, Italy
A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Paris, France
A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Paris, France
Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.
Paris, France
The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.
Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France
This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Lyon, France
A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.
Paris, France
Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.
Bar-le-Duc, France
Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Paris, France
This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.
Paris, France
BDSM, 1930s Style.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.