Five Underrated Sights Around the World That You Should Visit, Instead of the Ones You Think You Should

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The Notre Dame is great, but we really love the quieter Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church.
The Notre Dame is great, but we really love the quieter Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church.

Famous sights around the world are generally famous for a reason -- they are culturally significant, they represent important historic events, and, well, they're often visually stunning. So they find themselves on just about every visitor's "can't miss" list. But while we've completed our touristy duties and braved the crowds to take in the glory of the Notre Dame in Paris and Rome's Colosseum, we've also discovered some of these cities' hidden gems that dare we say, gasp, are even better than their more famous counterparts. So click through our slideshow of five of the world's most underrated sights that are worth visiting in lieu of the ones that make the "most visited" list.

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