Tokyo, Japan
Okuno Building Manual Elevator
This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.
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Tokyo, Japan
This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Llanberis, Wales
The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.
Swansea, Wales
Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.
Newborough, Wales
Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.
Llangoed, Wales
A little-known castle set in a nature reserve.
Beaumaris, Wales
A holy well believed to have healing powers.
Skopje, North Macedonia
This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.
Skopje, North Macedonia
In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.
Bristol, England
After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.
Bristol, England
An ornate doorway leads to the former site of one of the city's oldest society of merchants.
Bristol, England
A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.
Bristol, England
This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.
Bristol, England
A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.
Bristol, England
17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.
Bristol, England
The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."
Bristol, England
Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.
Bristol, England
A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.
Bristol, England
A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.
Bristol, England
There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Rhyl, Wales
Britain's oldest miniature railway.