Belpasso, Italy
Mount Etna
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
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Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Heidelberg, Germany
This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.
Frankfurt, Germany
The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.
Mainz, Germany
Along the banks of the River Rhine lies a park that seems unassuming, but beneath the surface lies a long and fascinating history.
Mainz, Germany
While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.
Wiesbaden, Germany
This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Vientiane, Laos
In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.
Vientiane, Laos
When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.
Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
Bangkok, Thailand
A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Madrid, Spain
An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
London, England
Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.