London, England
Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
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London, England
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
Liège, Belgium
Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.
Liège, Belgium
This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.
Liège, Belgium
A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.
Istanbul, Turkey
This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.
Saint-Léonard, Switzerland
The largest underground lake in Europe.
Aberystwyth, Wales
Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.
New York, New York
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Dover, England
A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.
Dublin, Ireland
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Llanrhystud, Wales
This mural honoring a drowned village has become a symbol of Welsh pride and patriotism.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
New York, New York
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.