Slack Head, England
Fairy Steps
These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.
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Slack Head, England
These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.
Kassel, Germany
At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.
Dresden, Germany
Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.
Neuss, Germany
Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.
Bretten, Germany
One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.
Bremerhaven, Germany
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Bristol, England
The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Oxford, England
Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Winchester, England
This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.
England
A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
London, England
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
London, England
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
Bottrop, Germany
This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.