Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
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Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Barcelona, Spain
Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Llithfaen, Wales
An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.
London, England
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
East Molesey, England
Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Helston, England
Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
London, England
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
Rome, Italy
The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.