Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Rose Museum
Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.
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Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.
Beli plast, Bulgaria
In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.
Perushtitza, Bulgaria
Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.
Belogradchik, Bulgaria
Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Wrocław, Poland
Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.
Foyers, Scotland
A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Subotica, Serbia
Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Northchurch, England
"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
Oxford, England
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Oxford, England
Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.