Valletta, Malta
Mysterium Fidei
After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.
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Valletta, Malta
After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.
Sliema, Malta
Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Trogir, Croatia
The local club's soccer field is practically surrounded by UNESCO-protected monuments.
Postojna, Slovenia
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.
Sydney, Australia
A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.
Millers Point, Australia
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
McLaren Vale, Australia
This green and white building is shaped like a massive Rubik's Cube.
Sunderland, England
A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.
Sunderland, England
This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.
Sunderland, England
One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."
South Shields, England
Eat fish and chips in a striking Neoclassical building that once hid a public lavatory.
South Shields, England
This sculpture made up of 22 bulbous bronze figures reminds locals of massive Weeble Woobles.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Kilsyth, Scotland
Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.
Linlithgow, Scotland
This bronze cat looks out over the Linlithgow Canal.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Birnam, Scotland
Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."
Somerset, England
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Minions, England
Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.
Aldeburgh, England
This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.