Nottingham, England
Papplewick Pumping Station
This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."
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Nottingham, England
This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Puerto Varas, Chile
This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.
Lincoln, England
The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Nyabushozi, Uganda
Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.
Nottingham, England
When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
London, England
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
Hatton, England
Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.
Nottingham, England
The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.
Nottingham, England
A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Rochester, England
This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.
Natales, Chile
An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.
Golspie, Scotland
A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.
Nairn, Scotland
The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Oxford, England
The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.