Ko Samui, Thailand
Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple)
A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.
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Ko Samui, Thailand
A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.
Ko Samui, Thailand
This natural rock formation has an anatomical aesthetic.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A non-profit that uses the impressive smelling abilities of African Pouched Rats to find and clear unexploded land mines.
Duy Xuyên District, Vietnam
Showcasing some of the best-preserved temples of the Champa Kingdom.
Todmorden, England
This life-sized sculpture has gained a reputation for bringing luck to anybody who touches it.
Heptonstall, England
The poet’s tombstone keeps getting vandalized by her fans.
Todmorden, England
A rare example of a gritstone cross in this region of the United Kingdom.
Newchurch-in-Pendle, England
This mysterious eye has a debated purpose.
Newchurch-in-Pendle, England
At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.
Lancashire, England
A historic manor with a priest hole you can stand up in, the last surviving vestments from a dissolved abbey, and centuries of art on display.
Atherton, England
A Victorian gravestone has a carving of a safety device invented in the 1860s that is still saving lives today.
Warrington, England
In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.
Warrington, England
This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.
Manchester, England
A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.
Manchester, England
The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.
Manchester, England
The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.
Sheffield, England
In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.
Norton, England
A preserved 18th century steel factory.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Liverpool, England
Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."
Liverpool, England
A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.
Liverpool, England
This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.
Kirkby, England
A giant earring-wearing, poker-waving elephant statue stands in a Viking longboat in Kirkby town center.