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The Vincent Street Fireplace

London, England

The Vincent Street Fireplace

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

The galleries above the drill hall.

London, England

London Scottish House

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

The statue of Priapus.

London, England

Pimlico Priapus

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.

The Sign for the Old Wellington, with the Old Wellington itself in the background on the left.

Manchester, England

The Shambles

Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.

The building in 2025.

Manchester, England

Withy Grove Stores

A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.

Marble Arch Inn.

Manchester, England

Marble Arch Inn

An established watering hole whose unique history is as fascinating as its decor

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber

Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chambers

Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.

Street art by KIWIE on the Duke of Lancaster
Permanently Closed

Holywell, Wales

Duke of Lancaster

Abandoned ship reimagined as a street art canvas.

Portmeirion Village

Gwynedd, Wales

Portmeirion Village

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The building's King Street side, as viewed from Laura Place.

Aberystwyth, Wales

University of Aberystwyth Old College

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

Cliff railway.

Aberystwyth, Wales

Constitution Hill

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

Cofiwch Dryweryn

Llanrhystud, Wales

Cofiwch Dryweryn

This mural honoring a drowned village has become a symbol of Welsh pride and patriotism.

The 90th anniversary recreation of Malcolm Cambell's first world land speed record in his Sunbeam-powered car.

Pendine, Wales

Pendine Sands

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

Stack Rock Fort

Milford Haven, Wales

Stack Rock Fort

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

An owl made out of shells inside the Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage.

Newchapel, Wales

Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

Pentre Ifan

Crymych, Wales

Pentre Ifan

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

Exterior of the historic Dyffryn Arms pub.

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Dyffryn Arms

A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.

The Blessing Stone

St Dogmaels, Wales

The Blessing Stone

Since the Middle Ages, this stone has been used as a place to bless fishing boats moored at the nearby landing stage.

Mermaid in St Dogmaels

St Dogmaels, Wales

Peregrine and the Mermaid

A wooden statue of a mermaid commemorates one fisherman's generosity.

Mary's House

Sultaniye Köyü, Turkey

House of the Virgin Mary

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

The public toilets could get quite crowded.

Selçuk, Turkey

The Public Toilets of Ephesus

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Step right this way

Selçuk, Turkey

Brothel Advertisement at Ephesus

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

Kuşadası.

Kuşadası, Turkey

Kuşadası

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

Basilica ruins.

Selçuk, Turkey

Basilica of St. John

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

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