Ardales, Spain
El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Pathway)
Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.
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Ardales, Spain
Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.
Manchester, England
One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.
Donna Nook, England
The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.
Sunderland, England
A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.
Sunderland, England
This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.
Monkwearmouth, England
This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.
Sunderland, England
A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.
Sunderland, England
This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.
Sunderland, England
One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."
Sunderland, England
A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.
Sunderland, England
An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.
Sharow, England
The pyramid-shaped grave of one of the first mountain astronomers and a pyramid theorist.
Ripon, England
Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Hale, England
A rare World War II-era siren still survives in the southern suburbs of Manchester.
Blackpool, England
On moonless nights, it's said that you can still hear the church bell of a village that was swept out of the dunes and lost to the rising sea.
Istanbul, Turkey
This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.
Istanbul, Turkey
Eat your way through history.
Istanbul, Turkey
Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.
Istanbul, Turkey
This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.
Istanbul, Turkey
Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul.
Istanbul, Turkey
This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.
Istanbul, Turkey
Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.
Istanbul, Turkey
One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.