Somerset, England
Wells Cathedral Clock
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
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Somerset, England
This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.
Glastonbury, England
An ancient well nestled at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, shrouded in Arthurian legend and revered for its purported healing waters.
Stockholm, Sweden
A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Bologna, Italy
Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.
Bologna, Italy
This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.
Bologna, Italy
Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.
Bologna, Italy
A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
London, England
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.
London, England
These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.