Vatican City
Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Places I've been
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Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Glasgow, Scotland
Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
London, England
The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Norrköping, Sweden
This roundabout was renamed in honor of the Swedish king's royal fender-bender.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Stockholm, Sweden
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.