Walmer, England
Walmer Castle and Gardens
This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.
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Walmer, England
This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.
Wakefield, England
An art museum dedicated to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but it is by no means restricted to her work.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Garching bei München, Germany
An enormous hand-carved and painted pole.
Vence, France
Henri Matisse's final masterpiece.
Saint Marys, Newfoundland and Labrador
A tiny village started by a father, lovingly restored by his son.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Dunkerque, France
A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
London, England
A living lighting fixture.
London, England
The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
Hastings, England
Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.
Leadhills, Scotland
The oldest subscription library in Britain was started by lead miners in southwest Scotland.
Sheffield, England
Floating on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a contorted canal boat that honors the waterway’s heritage.
Ostend, Belgium
The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Zurich, Switzerland
Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.
Chester, England
Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Rimini, Italy
The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.