Bodiam, England
Bodiam Castle
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
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Bodiam, England
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
Hastings, England
This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.
Hastings, England
During the heyday of fishing in Hastings, there were more than 100 of these storage facilities.
Brighton, England
To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.
Brighton, England
A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.
Brighton, England
These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.
Brighton, England
This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.
Brighton, England
This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.
Brighton, England
The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Brighton, England
A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.
Brighton, England
This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.
Hove, England
Tucked between a side street and a theater, this arch once led to a prestigious riding school, and now opens to a courtyard and community garden.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Brighton and Hove, England
On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.
Westward Ho!, England
How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
Merton, England
Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.
Paris, France
The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Saint-Denis, France
This hidden workshop is filled with molds of France's most iconic sculptures.
Chambourcy, France
Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.
Bourg-la-Reine, France
The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.
Louveciennes, France
One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.
Versailles, France
Perfume museum and library.