Turin, Italy
Medieval Village
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
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Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Turin, Italy
A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.
Santa Venere, Italy
Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.
Capriate San Gervasio, Italy
A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."
Marseille, France
This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
Marseille, France
This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.
Nantes, France
A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
London, England
A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.
London, England
Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.
Saint-Pierre, France
These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.
Washington, D.C.
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
Washington, D.C.
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Plymouth, England
The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.
Plymouth, England
A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Botallack, Cornwall
These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.
Newlyn, England
A medieval quay that was the Mayflower's final port of call before sailing for America.
Pontypool, Wales
Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.
Amlwch, Wales
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Bristol, England
A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.
Bristol, England
World War II air raids over Bristol dislodged this fragment of tram line that ended up embedded in a churchyard.