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One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.