Lisbon, Portugal
National Coach Museum
An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.
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Lisbon, Portugal
An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.
Lisbon, Portugal
Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Durham, England
Though this bridge was originally built in the 12th century, only one of its 10 arches dates back that far.
Beamish, England
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Sunderland, England
A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Sunderland, England
A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Northumberland, England
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
South Shields, England
Eat fish and chips in a striking Neoclassical building that once hid a public lavatory.
Jarrow, England
Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.
Spanish Battery, England
A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.
Tynemouth, England
Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.
South Shields, England
This sculpture made up of 22 bulbous bronze figures reminds locals of massive Weeble Woobles.
South Shields, England
This former dry dock is now the home of a sculpture instalation depicting a fleet of tiny stainless steel sailing ships
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A former smithy turned cultural hub with the capital's largest mural space.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.
Manchester, England
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Manchester, England
The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.
Manchester, England
One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.