Belfast, Northern Ireland
Europa Hotel
It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."
Belfast, Northern Ireland
These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
Portsmouth, England
Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
Krakow, Poland
This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
Worthing, England
It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.
Portsmouth, England
A picturesque garden with a surprising past.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.