Pompeii, Italy
The Brothels of Pompeii
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
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Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Ambleside, England
This beautifully situated lakeside Roman settlement was likely built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.
Glasgow, Scotland
Home to one of the most popular teams in Scottish football history.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.
Stockholm, Sweden
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
York, England
Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.
Biggleswade, England
A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Bath, England
This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.
Leiston, England
An abbey dedicated to St. Mary, and homed Canon Regulars following Premonstratensian rule.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Oxford, England
The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Cambridge, England
Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.
London, England
This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.
London, England
A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.
London, England
A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.
London, England
A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.
London, England
These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.
London, England
Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.