Stockholm, Sweden
Johanneshovs Skans (Johanneshov Sconce)
Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.
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Stockholm, Sweden
Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.
Cumbria, England
One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Bowness-on-Windermere, England
This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.
Thurgoland, England
A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Bo’ness, Scotland
This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Dunmore, Scotland
A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Oxford, England
An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Oxford, England
Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.
Storrington, England
An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Iwakuni, Japan
One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.
Sakaiminato, Japan
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Athens, Greece
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
Kyoto, Japan
Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.
Miyakejima, Japan
Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.
Tottori-shi, Japan
Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.
Kyoto, Japan
Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.