Cologne, Germany
Church of St. Ursula
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
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Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Cologne, Germany
If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.
Cologne, Germany
How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Bruges, Belgium
The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.
Bruges, Belgium
You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.
Bruges, Belgium
This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.
Bruges, Belgium
A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Dover, England
A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Canterbury, England
A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.
Herne Bay, England
A statue paying homage to a world-record-setting aviator who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Kent, England
Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Canterbury, England
An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.
Canterbury, England
A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.
Canterbury, England
This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.
Canterbury, England
A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.
Canterbury, England
Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.
Herne Bay, England
Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.