Beamish, England
Beamish, the Living Museum of the North
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
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Beamish, England
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Broadway, England
A petite castle folly in the English countryside.
Waterloo, England
Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.
Liverpool, England
The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.
Liverpool, England
Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.
Winchester, England
A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Stoke Row, England
A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.
Worthing, England
An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.
London, England
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
London, England
Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.
Prague, Czechia
This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.