Manchester, England
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
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Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Biddulph, England
This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.
Arles, France
This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.
Alcubierre, Spain
A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Poggioreale, Italy
This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.
Belgrade, Serbia
A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Cairo, Egypt
The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.
Baalbek, Lebanon
The largest hewn stone in history.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Manchester, England
A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.
Simferopol, Ukraine
The ancient ruins of an extinguished city amidst the bustle of a modern one.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Lemnos, Greece
An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Dolní Morava, Czechia
The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.