Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Ponta do Pargo Lighthouse
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
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Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
Southampton, England
The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
St Helier, Jersey
A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Thetford, England
A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.
Whitby, England
The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.
Linby, England
A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.
Castleton, England
Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.
Gerrards Cross, England
Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.
Thetford, England
This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
Moffat, Scotland
“It has nae lugs!”
Stoke Heath, England
An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.
Southampton, England
Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.
Blantyre, Malawi
This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Southwold, England
A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.