Pompeii, Italy
The Brothels of Pompeii
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
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Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco
A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Glasgow, Scotland
This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.
Lacco Ameno, Italy
A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.
Marseille, France
This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.
Rothesay, Scotland
A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.
Tewkesbury, England
An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.
London, England
A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.
Birnam, Scotland
Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
Gdańsk, Poland
Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.
Crieff, Scotland
Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
Glasgow, Scotland
Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.
Aix-en-Provence, France
A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.