Places Added by Nick

Nestled in the Sussex countryside are a handful of obscure, seemingly purposeless buildings constructed on the whim of a flamboyant slave owner and local politician

A stubborn Ottoman tower with a punishing climb and a view over Eger

For a city that is so rife with gleaming statues and memorials in alabaster and bronze, this occultish-looking wooden example poses more questions than it answers

Atop this iconic central Brighton monument sits an inaccurate but innovative time keeping device

A seemingly cursed public sculpture commemorating a local athletics hero has finally found a home, but traces of the original can still be found in the rose bushes

A recent addition to the Suzhou skyline, heralding the ‘Gateway to the Orient’, is commonly ridiculed for looking like a big pair of trousers

Two alleyways in Suzhou Old Town offer a slice of life in Shanghai's French Concession, and served as a private home-away-from-home for one of 1920s Shanghai’s most infamous gangsters

For many people the Hungarian Parliament building is a must-see stop on any visit to the capital but there is an equally stunning replica hidden in a basement.

A storied British pub where customers leave messages in the walls.

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.

The residence of a Taiwanese literary scholar sits down an alleyway adorned with depictions of snails.

According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

A tiny chapel and burial site lurk underground in Jajce.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.

A tribute to the builder(s) of Bitcoin.

Outside of Budapest, a reconstruction of a 16th-century fortress.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.

This bridge dates back to the 9th century and allows visitors to walk an ancient path amid modern industrial trappings.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.