Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hotel New York
This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.
Hamburg, Germany
Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Hamburg, Germany
This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Southampton, England
This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.
Southampton, England
The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.
Southampton, England
Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.
Southampton, England
A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Guernsey
This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.
Siġġiewi, Malta
Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.
Mosta, Malta
This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."
Mosta, Malta
This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.
Liverpool, England
This bronze statue was dedicated to a 1966 Beatles hit.
Harrogate, England
The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.
Bradford, England
A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Leeds, England
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.
Derbyshire, England
This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.
Sheffield, England
This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.