Galway, Ireland
Abandoned Menlo Castle
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
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Galway, Ireland
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
London, England
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Vukovar, Croatia
Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.
Novo Selo PalanjeÄŤko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
Schwerin, Germany
A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.
Venice, Italy
Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
Rochester, England
This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.
Blue Bell Hill, England
The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.
Louth, Ireland
A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.
Louth, Ireland
A stone wall that mysteriously moved three feet from its foundation.
MedellĂn, Colombia
Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Oxford, England
This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
Maidstone, England
This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
Maidstone, England
This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
London, England
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.