Paris, France
Pont de la Concorde
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
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Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
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.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Hunawihr, France
Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.
Saverne, France
Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.
Budapest, Hungary
From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.
Budapest, Hungary
This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.
Budapest, Hungary
A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Lyon, France
Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.
Lyon, France
Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.
Lyon, France
Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Sofia, Bulgaria
"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.
Laconia, Greece
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Le Roeulx, Belgium
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.