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London, England
London Underground Labyrinths
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
51.5308, -0.1205
London, England
Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
51.4977, -0.1747
Malton, England
Eden Camp
WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
54.1602, -0.7789
North Yorkshire, England
Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival
Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.
54.1472, -2.0475
North Yorkshire, England
Brimham Rocks
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
54.0784, -1.6842
North Yorkshire, England
Malham Cove
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
54.0725, -2.1579
North Yorkshire, England
Fountains Abbey
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
54.1095, -1.5819
London, England
Peter Pan Statue
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
51.5086, -0.1759
London, England
Leighton House Museum
This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.
51.4987, -0.2030
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
51.4960, -0.1084
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
51.4966, -0.1765
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
51.5424, -0.1477
England
Dennis Severs' House
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
51.5209, -0.0777
London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
51.5138, -0.1004
London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
51.5259, -0.1339
Oxford, England
Pitt Rivers Museum
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
51.7590, -1.2564
Oxford, England
The Eagle and Child
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.
51.7572, -1.2603
Vienna, Austria
Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
48.2053, 16.3666
Vienna, Austria
Habsburg Imperial Crypt
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
48.2057, 16.3700
Vienna, Austria
Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
48.2087, 16.3697
Vienna, Austria
Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church)
The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.
48.2090, 16.3777
Vienna, Austria
Stephansdom Crypt
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
48.2080, 16.3729
Otranto, Italy
Ossuary Chapel of the Cathedral of Otranto
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
40.1456, 18.4907
Alberobello, Italy
Alberobello
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
40.7862, 17.2376
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