Little Chart, England
St. Mary's Church Ruins
Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.
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Little Chart, England
Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.
Friskney, England
The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Leeds, England
Winner of the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment.
Leeds, England
This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.
Leeds, England
In a small courtyard resides this large mural that draws inspiration from Leeds and its history.
Leeds, England
This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.
Essex, England
This curiously modern carving of St. Peter wears wellies.
Lacco Ameno, Italy
A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.
Forio, Italy
A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Otford, England
In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Kent, England
Two members of the Rolling Stones frozen forever in bronze.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Massa Lubrense, Italy
A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."
Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Naples, Italy
Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Naples, Italy
San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.
Luddesdown, England
A haunted medieval church, a ceremonial stone circle, and a burial ground are all that's left of this community lost to the Black Death.