Sheffield, England
The Old Queens Head
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
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Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
London, England
This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.
London, England
Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.
London, England
These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.
Paimpont, France
Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.
Paris, France
This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
Berlin, Germany
A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Peyrusse-le-Roc, France
The evocative ruins of a medieval village.
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, France
The world's most famous cheese caves.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Meyrueis, France
France's highest manned weather station is the only one still inhabited by meteorologists.
Mialet, France
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
Le Puy, France
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, France
This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.
Rocamadour, France
This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.
Madrid, Spain
This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."