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The ruins of a monumental tower in the heart of Lebanese mountains still puzzle archeologists.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.