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The tallest minaret in Yemen is 150 feet high and entirely made of mud.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."