London, England
Horniman Aquarium
A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.
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London, England
A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.
London, England
The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Glasgow, Scotland
A tongue-in-cheek marker at the place where Robert Barr supposedly created Scotland’s favorite soft drink.
Glasgow, Scotland
A small collection of objects of a bygone era hide in plain view.
Glasgow, Scotland
An 18th-century religious argument etched into stone.
Glasgow, Scotland
This monument dedicated to the legendary American showman can be found in Scotland's largest city.
Manchester, England
A Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.
Manchester, England
This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.
Manchester, England
The former home of one of the U.K.’s most notable families of suffragettes is now a museum dedicated to women’s rights.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Liverpool, England
Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.
Boring, Oregon
Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Paris, France
A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
High on a hill, an obelisk stands as tribute to local soldiers from several wars.
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.