Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Basilica di San Frances Musical Pillars
These pillars at the main entrance of this church are actually a hidden musical instrument.
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Ascoli Piceno, Italy
These pillars at the main entrance of this church are actually a hidden musical instrument.
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
According to a local legend, this bridge was constructed by an astrologer with the help of the devil.
Locorotondo, Italy
The oldest-known example of a historic architectural style recognized by UNESCO.
Worthing, England
It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
Brighton, England
A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.
Brighton, England
This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Brighton, England
The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Hove, England
This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.
Hove, England
This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.
Hove, England
These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.
Hove, England
This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.
Portslade, England
This desolate boat was once a key form of public transportation for Portslade residents.
Henfield, England
This Tudor cottage is adorned with many canary-clasping cats, which originally served as a reminder to a local clergyman of his pet's murderous ways.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Lyminster, England
This carved stone slab marked the grave of a local dragon slayer, who makes a killer pie.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Koblenz, Germany
Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.