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Tivoli carousel.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Tivoli Gardens

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Argonaute Submarine

Paris, France

Argonaute Submarine

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

Interior of the house

Paris, France

Maison de Victor Hugo

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

483 006 at Shanklin, September 2020.
Permanently Closed

Ryde, England

1930s London Underground Trains at Ryde

The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

The long view of Cooper's Row

London, England

London Wall

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The epitaph to the unknown London girl

London, England

Tomb of the Unknown London Girl

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Victorian Bath House sign

London, England

Victorian Bath House

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

A salt beef beigel with all the fixings.

London, England

Beigel Bake

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Carrickfergus Tank

Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Churchill Tank

A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.

Tourists at the great wheel.

Laxey, Isle of Man

The Laxey Wheel

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

Isle of Man Steam Railway

Port Erin, Isle of Man

Isle of Man Steam Railway

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.

Tynwald Hill 2.

St. John's, Isle of Man

Tynwald Hill

Believed to be the former location of one of the earliest Viking assemblies in Europe.

Gravensteen

Ghent, Belgium

Gravensteen

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Larnaca Salt Lake, dry.

Larnaca, Cyprus

Larnaca Salt Lake

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Just a few of the shakers on display.

Larnaca, Cyprus

Salt & Pepper Museum

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

A scene from the beauty contest between Cassiopeia and the Nereids seen in the House of Aion.

Paphos, Cyprus

The Mosaics of Paphos

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

One of the monastery cats.

Akrotiri, Cyprus

Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Cats

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

Kolossi Castle

Kolossi, Cyprus

Kolossi Castle

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

Büyük Han

Lefkoşa, Cyprus

Büyük Han

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

Cyprus Buffer Zone.

Nicosia, Cyprus

Cyprus Buffer Zone

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Landing site of the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, and adjacent memorial cairn.

Galway, Ireland

Landing Site of the First Transatlantic Flight

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

Gate into the walled garden.

Ireland

The Autograph Tree

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

Ballycopeland Windmill

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ballycopeland Windmill

The last working windmill in Northern Ireland.

The Bear Pit 5.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

The Bear Pit

Once home to a local bear named "Bruno."

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