Athens, Greece
Antikythera Mechanism
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
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Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Frankfurt, Germany
Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.
Frankfurt, Germany
Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.
Athens, Greece
An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.
Athens, Greece
This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.
Athens, Greece
This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Liège, Belgium
After a long legal battle, the heart of the famous composer is finally enthroned in the city of his birth.
Liège, Belgium
A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.
Bristol, England
A miniature version of the ship that took John Cabot from Bristol to Newfoundland.
Bristol, England
There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.
Bristol, England
A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.
Bristol, England
World War II air raids over Bristol dislodged this fragment of tram line that ended up embedded in a churchyard.
Brighton, England
These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Bath, England
With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.
Bristol, England
This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.
Bristol, England
After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.
Bristol, England
One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Reno, Nevada
Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."
Reno, Nevada
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.
Eugene, Oregon
A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”
Eugene, Oregon
This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.