Matera, Italy
Piazza degli Olmi
A unique urban square characterized by raw concrete structures and bold geometric forms.
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Matera, Italy
A unique urban square characterized by raw concrete structures and bold geometric forms.
Matera, Italy
Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Nardò, Italy
A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Italy
This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A towering steel-and-bronze figure whose playful nickname outshines its official message of hope
Ripponden, England
The house in the middle of the motorway.
Kiplingcotes, England
You don't have to be a professional jockey to ride in Britain's oldest horse race.
Windhoek, Namibia
Atop one of Windhoek's most popular eateries is a monument to Namibia's most resilient vehicle.
Chobe, Botswana
There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Namibia
Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.
Namibia
Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Nice, France
This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.
Creissels, France
The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.
Arkwright Town, England
When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Worksop, England
English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.
Maltby, England
Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.
Hastings, England
During the heyday of fishing in Hastings, there were more than 100 of these storage facilities.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.