Padua, Italy
Padua Astronomical Clock
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
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Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Prasat Sambour, Cambodia
More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.
Tataouine, Tunisia
A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Kairouan, Tunisia
This grand hydraulic installation has provided water for townspeople since the Middle Ages.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Kokand, Uzbekistan
Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Guadalajara, Spain
Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.
Elx, Spain
Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.