London, England
Bunhill Fields
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
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London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Nottingham, England
These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.
Birmingham, England
This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.
Chester, England
A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.
Chester, England
Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Chester, England
A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.
Chester, England
Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.
Chester, England
A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Birmingham, England
This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."
Birmingham, England
A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Tallinn, Estonia
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
Oslo, Norway
This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.
Madrid, Spain
This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."
Tallinn, Estonia
This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Tallinn, Estonia
This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.