Porto-Vecchio, France
Cala Longa's Resort Ruins
A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.
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Porto-Vecchio, France
A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.
Strasbourg, France
This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.
Celles, France
Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France
Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France
A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
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.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Heuvelland, Belgium
This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.
Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
Pula, Croatia
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.
Lo-Reninge, Belgium
A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Accra, Ghana
An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.