Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo Fountain
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
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Antwerp, Belgium
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Dusseldorf, Germany
Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Cologne, Germany
This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.
Bonn, Germany
Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.
Bonn, Germany
A pair of giant stone heads represent the ancient Roman saints beheaded here.
Königswinter, Germany
A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.
Leeds, England
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The lighthouse is on a island which is connected to another island, which is connected to another island, which is connected to one of the largest islands in the world.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Kingussie, Scotland
These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.
Doune, Scotland
The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.
Crawick, Scotland
Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.
Glentrool, Scotland
On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.
Glentrool, Scotland
A square stone tomb marks the spot where six men were killed while holding a service in Caldoris Wood.
Cutcloy, Scotland
The remnants of a classic 1970's British film.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Mid Clyth, Scotland
A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.
Nuremberg, Germany
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.
Nuremberg, Germany
This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.