Rye, England
The Mermaid Inn
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
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Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Tabley, England
This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
Alderwasley, England
This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."
Berlin, Germany
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Lautertal (Odenwald), Germany
This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.
Mainz, Germany
A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.
Chemnitz, Germany
One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.
Recklinghausen, Germany
This small gallery nestled inside an old botanical glasshouse is a quiet place to enjoy art and nature.
Berlin, Germany
Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.
County Durham, England
A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
London, England
High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Glastonbury, England
A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
London, England
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
London, England
It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Salford, England
This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Stuttgart, Germany
This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.