Exeter, England
House That Moved
Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
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Exeter, England
Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
Exeter, England
At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.
Avesta, Sweden
The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.
Stockholm, Sweden
A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.
London, England
A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Houyet, Belgium
The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.
Leuven, Belgium
A replica of a 17th-century map of the stars stands in the courtyard of a Belgian university.
Tervuren, Belgium
A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.
Dinant, Belgium
A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.
Ypres, Belgium
This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Kemzeke, Belgium
A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.
Liège, Belgium
This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.
Ghent, Belgium
This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.
Brussels, Belgium
Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.
Stekene, Belgium
Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.
Tielt-Winge, Belgium
The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Bassenge, Belgium
A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Wellington, New Zealand
High winds can make this one scary landing.
Wellington, New Zealand
A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.