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Confederation Bridge

Bayfield, Prince Edward Island

Confederation Bridge

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

The Africville Museum is housed in this recreation of the community's historic church.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Africville Museum

Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.

Interior

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston Penitentiary

Canada’s infamous maximum-security prison, now open for guided tours with former guards.

The Ten Bells Pub.

London, England

The Ten Bells Pub

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

The footbridge was used to take prisoners from the City gaol on site of No.1 Upper Northgate Street (qv) to the former Chapel of St John in the south wing of the Bluecoat School.

Chester, England

Bridge Of Sighs

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

Dove Cottage

Grasmere, England

Dove Cottage

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

The Big Apple

Colborne, Ontario

The Big Apple

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

End of the Trail

Santa Monica, California

Route 66 End of the Trail Sign

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The memorial.

Zaragoza, Spain

Leaning Tower of Zaragoza Memorial

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

'Día y Noche' (Day and Night)

Madrid, Spain

'Día y Noche' (Day and Night)

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

The Selfie Devil

Segovia, Spain

The Selfie Devil

A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.

The Alcázar of Segovia, one of Spain's greatest castles.

Segovia, Spain

Alcázar de Segovia

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

The sphinx-like mermaid of Segovia.

Segovia, Spain

Sirenas de Segovia

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

Antonio Machado House-Museum

Segovia, Spain

Antonio Machado House-Museum

Poet Antonio Machado's former residence offers the quintessential Castilian lifestyle of the provincial towns in the early 20th century.

The aqueduct at night.

Segovia, Spain

Segovia Aqueduct

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

The medieval walls of Ávila.

Ávila, Spain

Medieval Walls of Ávila

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

The Statue of St. Anthony's Pig

La Alberca, Spain

Statue of St. Anthony's Pig

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

Portraits of Mogarraz.

Mogarraz, Spain

Portraits of Mogarraz

Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.

Entry to the crypt.

Salamanca, Spain

Cave of Salamanca

A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.

Alisher Navoiy Station.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Tashkent Metro Stations

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

Masonic Lodge

Salamanca, Spain

Documentary Center of Historical Memory

An unusual but excellent display created in the 1930s as propaganda against the Freemasons.

Astronaut carving in the Salamanca new cathedral.

Salamanca, Spain

Cathedral of Salamanca's Astronaut

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

Casa de las Conchas

Salamanca, Spain

Casa de las Conchas

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

Tower of the Storks (center).

Cáceres, Spain

Torre de las Cigüeñas (Tower of the Storks)

The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.

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