Paris, France
Foucault’s Pendulum
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
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Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Ventnor, England
The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.
Hollingbourne, England
A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.
London, England
Abstract dinosaur models in London.
London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
London's old-school healing garden.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.
London, England
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
Broadway, England
A petite castle folly in the English countryside.
Hereford, England
Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
North Berwick, Scotland
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.