Brussels, Belgium
The Musical Instrument Museum
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
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Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Lelystad, Netherlands
This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.
Haarlem, Netherlands
This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Nantwich, England
On a site with a long military history, a 1980s shelter.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Tongwynlais, Wales
High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Exmouth, England
Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.
Stretford, England
A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
Halifax, England
This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Meriden, England
The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.
Ticknall, England
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.