A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

This grand hydraulic installation has provided water for townspeople since the Middle Ages.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

This ancient city - home to nine civilizations - is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.