Faro, Portugal
Capela de Ossos Bone Chapel
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
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Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Schnals, Italy
Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.
Perca, Italy
These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.
Windsor, England
All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.
Windsor, England
A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.
Windsor, England
One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
High Wycombe, England
17th-century tradition of public weighing is met with boos or cheers depending on the Mayor's weight.
Gerrards Cross, England
Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.
London, England
A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Oxford, England
A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.
London, England
A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.
London, England
This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.