Houghton le Spring, England
Penshaw Monument
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
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Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Meybod, Iran
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Bremen, Germany
Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Fontainebleau, France
Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.
Aarhus, Denmark
A symbol for the opposition to nuclear power around the world.
Narva, Estonia
An abandoned textile factory on the "island of crows" was home to Estonia's first workers' strike.
Birgu, Malta
The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.
Prague, Czechia
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.
Madrid, Spain
A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.
Tallinn, Estonia
A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Manises, Spain
Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.
Kuldīga, Latvia
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
Hjärup, Sweden
This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.
Madrid, Spain
The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.
Melbourne, Australia
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Lübeck, Germany
A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.
Heidelberg, Germany
The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.