This bike path traverses the treetops.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

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

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.