Newark, England
The Oil Patch Warrior
A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.
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Newark, England
A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.
Stapleford, England
Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.
Nottingham, England
A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.
Nottingham, England
When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.
Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.
Nottingham, England
These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.
Mechelen, Belgium
The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.
Duffel, Belgium
The birthplace of the titular coat and related products celebrates its claim to fame with a statue of a coat.
Boom, Belgium
Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.
Bassenge, Belgium
A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France
A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.
Port-d'Envaux, France
A quarry cum sculpture park where the works of art are chiseled into the very walls.
Angoulême, France
The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Padirac, France
This impressive chasm is one of the longest natural underground cavities in the world.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Bouziès, France
The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Bélesta, France
Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.
Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain
Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.