Places Edited by linkogecko

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

Hidden in Carnfunnock Country Park is a lasting testament to the Normans who once settled in the region.

Statues of two of Srem's most well-known animals.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

In this town's main square resides a statue of none other than the 43rd President of the United States.

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.

Crystal chandeliers brighten up this dark underpass.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

The grave of Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves, who inspired the tale 'Alice in Wonderland.'

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

On the outskirts of Ipoh, this sprawling temple complex is home to one of the world's tallest pagodas.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.

At this medieval church, Thomas Beckett was cantonized as a martyr.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

This statue celebrates the winners of one of the most popular mountain stages in the Vuelta a España cycle race.