Sumburgh, Scotland
Jarlshof
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
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Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
Athens, Greece
Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.
Puentedey, Spain
A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.
Pimiango, Spain
These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.
Taastrup, Denmark
The remains of the observatory of the Danish astronomer who first measured the speed of light.
Llithfaen, Wales
An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.
London, England
London's amazing modernist public square that never was.
Birmingham, England
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
Manises, Spain
Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
Barcelona, Spain
An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.
Ticknall, England
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Great Malvern, England
The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
Gourock, Scotland
An urban megalith steeped in local lore.
Kilmacolm, Scotland
A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Stenness, Scotland
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.