Islamabad, Pakistan
Faisal Mosque
Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.
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Islamabad, Pakistan
Space-age minarets towering over Islamabad.
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.
Victoria, Malta
Listen to Malta’s musical heritage while relaxing in the park.
Kerċem, Malta
This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.
Victoria, Malta
These clocks tell time in a theological sense.
Rabat, Malta
Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.
Mdina, Malta
See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.
Mdina, Malta
This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Valletta, Malta
Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.
Dumfries, Scotland
This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.
Dumfries, Scotland
The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.
Dumfries, Scotland
After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Culross, Scotland
The raised stones in the middle of this road through Culross are relics of a 17th-century class divide.
Culross, Scotland
The final resting place of three children, infected with the Black Death, who all died on the same day.
Torryburn, Scotland
The long-lost final resting place of an accused witch.
Dunfermline, Scotland
Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?
Edinburgh, Scotland
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.