This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

A 12th-century castle featuring a sensory path where partially-sighted visitors can experience regional history through touch and sound.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

A little known pile of scraps and plaques mark the grave of a downed RAF bomber.

Former bridge turned into an observation tower.

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

A small island that was once a key Axis fortification during World War II.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

A total of 22 tiny bridges cross this canal of the Yvette River, forming a unique trail.

A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in a Outsider art Museum.

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

The smallest port in France is named after the pirate who created it.