Trier, Germany
Karl Marx House
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
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Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Antarctica
Considered the most remote point in the entire world.
Antarctica
The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.
Antarctica
The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Rome, Italy
A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.
Paris, France
A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
Manningtree, England
This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.
Bamford, England
This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.
Box, England
The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.